How to Use Big Ben in a Sentence

Big Ben

noun
  • What's the mood in Big Ben right now?
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Where the queen had Big Ben’s chimes, Churchill had a 90-gun salute to mark his years of life.
    — Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The Schwalbe Big Ben 2-inch-wide tires have a hefty tread pattern for an urban bike, offering nice traction.
    — Stephanie Pearson, WIRED, 4 July 2024
  • Not being lumped with Brees and Big Ben, then, might benefit Rivers’ induction odds.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2025
  • After tea, take in 360-degree views of city highlights, including Big Ben, from the open-air deck.
    — Sarah Bray, Town & Country, 21 June 2023
  • Well, Mike Davidson has worked as a river outfitter and a guide in Big Ben for 49 years.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Between the river and the nearby historic clock tower — a replica of Big Ben — is a beach with sand, parasols and room for 800 people.
    — George Varga, Twin Cities, 21 May 2024
  • On Earth, the dangerous terrorist group known as the Wolfpack attacks major landmarks, such as Big Ben.
    — Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2026
  • On August 5, 1976, Big Ben exploded.
    — Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Then, the royal party and the veterans stood quietly as Big Ben a couple of hundred yards away, chimed on the hour signaling the start of the two-minute silence.
    — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 12 Nov. 2023
  • For many here, Republicans and Democrats alike, the idea of a Big Ben border wall is now being met with a resounding, not in my backyard.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
  • And Big Ben’s toll, signaling the official end of the war in Europe, was greeted by exploding fireworks and screaming sirens.
    — Si Liberman, Sun Sentinel, 7 May 2025
  • Getting to the top of Big Ben, formally named the Elizabeth Tower, requires 334 steps and can be noisy.
    — Susanne Fowler, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Union Jack bunting and crown decorations have appeared across the capital, while Big Ben was lit up in red as part of late-night dress rehearsals around midnight on Wednesday.
    — Sylvia Hui, Fortune, 4 May 2023
  • His takeover of the venerable Harrods in 1985 struck many Britons as shameless brass, something akin to buying Big Ben.
    — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Big Ben kept watch over the revelry in London while revelers in Ireland celebrated from Galway to Cork.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The footage cut between rapid glimpses of London iconography — the King's Guard, black cabs and Big Ben — before revealing a crane lifting the statue out of its crate.
    — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Gomez donned her go-to rich chocolate locks while posing backstage in an Elizabethan-style dress and taking photos on a bridge with the London Eye and Big Ben in the background.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 3 June 2026
  • Next to the dog, a faded print of Big Ben, and a commemorative plate with the late Queen Elizabeth II smiling from nine different decades.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
  • Big Ben Restaurant and Pub is bidding adieu to Charlotte’s Elizabeth neighborhood, the restaurant said via Instagram.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Around the portrait, is a watercolor-style scenery of London's Big Ben, including the moon and the coordinates of exactly where in London his now two-year-old son took his first breath.
    — Sara Tidwell, The Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The song plays as guests in boats pass among 240 dolls of many nations with identical faces — tiny can-can and folk dancers, mermaids and mariachi bands — plus Big Ben, the Taj Mahal and grinning farm animals.
    — Anita Gates, New York Times, 26 May 2024
  • Gorgo, who resembles Godzilla with larger claws and finned ears that are, frankly, kind of cute, is captured and sold to a London circus … only for his much, much larger mother to smash through Big Ben and rescue her baby.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Gorgo, who resembles Godzilla with larger claws and finned ears that are, frankly, kind of cute, is captured and sold to a London circus … only for his much, much larger mother to smash through Big Ben and rescue her baby.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
  • London As Big Ben chimed midnight, London celebrated 2026 with fireworks over the River Thames.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Walk along the River Thames to see some of London’s most popular attractions, including Big Ben, the Palace of Westminster, and Tower Bridge.
    — Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The film’s final sequence, and the most difficult to shoot, involved hundreds of Londoners, dressed up as V, marching through Trafalgar Square at night to the British Parliament and Big Ben.
    — Matthew Huff, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Stopping to pose for pictures with traditional souvenirs, the pair were among a group of sumo wrestlers who visited most of London's touristic landmarks, including Buckingham Palace and Westminster with its iconic Big Ben.
    — Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Years later, Big Ben would find a home in Elizabeth with a larger, 5,000 square-foot space that hosted countless Major League Soccer fans who gathered to watch games and munch on the restaurant’s famous fish and chips.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2025
  • What was previously the town post office—hence the namesake—was restored by architect Louis Cloquet in a Neo-Gothic style back in 1898, with multiple spires and a clocktower not dissimilar to the Big Ben.
    — Livia Caligor, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2025

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