Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of spired
Its terra-cotta walls and spired boxwoods signal the style instantly, and inside are huge arched wooden doors and bespoke kitchen tiling.
—
Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2024
Across the Rio Grande in Matamoros, church bells would ring and the spired cathedrals would remind the Irish soldiers of the old world.
—Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2024
Although the occupying German forces had begun retreating, snipers in and around the city’s historic twin-spired 13th-century Gothic cathedral were still firing at the arriving American and French army troops and the ragtag local resistance fighters.
—Phil Davison, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
It and the campsite are stunningly situated on Dickson Lake, which is bounded by a spired glacier at the far end of the water that lights up pink with the sunrise.
—Cassidy Randall, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2023
The single-spired, single-story, 25,000-square-foot edifice will be New Mexico’s second temple.
—David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Feb. 2022
Two other pioneer-era Utah temples — the iconic six-spired Salt Lake Temple, now shrouded in scaffolding, and the treasured Manti Temple — are undergoing major renovations as well.
—Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Mar. 2022
The single-spired, single-story, 19,000-square-foot temple will be the fifth in Argentina, home to more than 470,000 members.
—David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Feb. 2022
The double-spired, three-story, 81,000-square-foot structure is one of 28 existing or planned temples in Utah (seven of them in Utah County).
—David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Feb. 2022
Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2024
Across the Rio Grande in Matamoros, church bells would ring and the spired cathedrals would remind the Irish soldiers of the old world.
—Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2024
Although the occupying German forces had begun retreating, snipers in and around the city’s historic twin-spired 13th-century Gothic cathedral were still firing at the arriving American and French army troops and the ragtag local resistance fighters.
—Phil Davison, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
It and the campsite are stunningly situated on Dickson Lake, which is bounded by a spired glacier at the far end of the water that lights up pink with the sunrise.
—Cassidy Randall, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2023
The single-spired, single-story, 25,000-square-foot edifice will be New Mexico’s second temple.
—David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Feb. 2022
Two other pioneer-era Utah temples — the iconic six-spired Salt Lake Temple, now shrouded in scaffolding, and the treasured Manti Temple — are undergoing major renovations as well.
—Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Mar. 2022
The single-spired, single-story, 19,000-square-foot temple will be the fifth in Argentina, home to more than 470,000 members.
—David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Feb. 2022
The double-spired, three-story, 81,000-square-foot structure is one of 28 existing or planned temples in Utah (seven of them in Utah County).
—David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spired
Adjective
-
On an otherwise comfortably mild day in Westminster, Richard Scudamore was getting, if not a grilling, then at least some pointed questioning.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
-
Last Monday night, after Smith’s confrontation with Lee, a senior member of her staff sent a pointed message to Lee’s office.—
Joey Cappelletti,
Twin Cities,
21 June 2025
Adjective
-
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has publicly stated that recent U.S. and Israeli airstrikes inflicted serious damage on Iran's nuclear sites, a sharp contrast to the downplaying by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and one early U.S. intelligence assessment that was leaked to media.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
-
It’s measured in sharper thinking, richer conversations, and better decisions.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
27 June 2025
Adjective
-
The group of inmates escaped by yanking open a faulty cell door, removing a toilet, crawling through a hole in the wall behind it and scaling a barbed wire fence in the early morning hours.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 June 2025
-
Louisiana Attorney General's Office via AP The group of inmates escaped by yanking open a faulty cell door, removing a toilet, crawling through a hole and scaling a barbed wire fence in the early morning hours when a lone guard left to get food.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 June 2025
Cite this Entry
“Spired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spired. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share