How to Use belfry in a Sentence

belfry

noun
  • His penance is to pray the rosary — and then rip apart a pillow in the church belfry.
    — Will Swaim, National Review, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Yup, the bats have once again left the belfry; welcome to the season of the witch.
    — Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2024
  • The climb from ground level to the belfry is 336 steps.
    — Laura Manske, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Beyond was the belfry of the cathedral, in which the minaret of the old mosque had been buried.
    — Aatish Taseer Richard Mosse, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2022
  • His only friends are the statues and gargoyles in the belfry, who come to life in his mind.
    — Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, 27 Feb. 2018
  • The bell was installed in the church’s belfry in 1819, a decade after the church first opened.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2021
  • The old belfry clock’s gears, levers and chains look like the world’s most complicated bicycle.
    — Anne Kadet, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2018
  • The church is scarred by rockets and shells, but the golden dome above its blasted belfry still gleams in the fading autumn light.
    — Elena Becatoros, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Two bells that were previously in the belfry will be displayed at the ground level, the village said.
    — Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 24 Nov. 2019
  • The belfry of Cagsawa’s stone church still juts from the ground in an eerie reminder of Mayon’s fury.
    — Time, 23 Jan. 2018
  • The belfry of Cagsawa’s stone church still juts out from the ground in an eerie reminder of Mayon’s fury.
    — Jim Gomez, The Seattle Times, 22 Jan. 2018
  • And, most recently, the raising of the belfry almost didn’t happen.
    — Peter Demarco, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2022
  • On Thursday, the men again climbed the curving staircases, then two ladders to reach the belfry.
    — Lynn Ischay, cleveland.com, 27 May 2017
  • Visitors can also climb up to the belfry for views over the town and the sites of the surrounding battlefields.
    — Smithsonian, 26 May 2017
  • Up another ladder, the bells are located in the belfry tower.
    — Joe Holden, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • In fact, Rydell says, attics and belfries make excellent roosts for the flying mammals.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 9 Aug. 2017
  • The 1,500-pound bell was hoisted into the belfry of the church’s steeple more than two-and-a-half years after it was removed for restorations.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2021
  • In 1789, the church added a two level square brick tower complete with an octagonal belfry capped by a tall weather vane.
    — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Looking up, there was another 20-foot ladder, this one slightly more unsteady, leading to a narrow hatch opening to the belfry.
    — al, 14 Nov. 2019
  • The belfry now itself is a near-Victorian image, full of gigantic wheels, towering brick walls and hippo-sized bells.
    — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 23 Dec. 2021
  • The church is where two lanterns were hung in the belfry on April 18, 1775, to warn the colonists that British troops were advancing by sea.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • The blaze, whose cause was linked to renovation work, damaged much of the nearly thousand-year-old cathedral, though both iconic belfry towers were, luckily, saved.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 18 June 2019
  • Meanwhile, at dawn, fog spills through the Mirna River Valley like milk across a tabletop, leaving only the belfry piercing the haze.
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Nearby, Markt square features a 13th-century belfry with a 47-bell carillon and tower with panoramic views.
    — Lea Lane, Forbes, 29 May 2021
  • Inside the 225-foot north tower, flames were beginning to lick at the wooden belfry, which not only holds its massive bells but also helps support the tower’s stone arches.
    — Nick Kostov, WSJ, 17 Apr. 2019
  • This is further supported by the dig’s location near the city’s historic Stadshalle civic center and belfry, but this is not a definitive confirmation.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The church belfry in Herxheim now joins a number of other German sites with some Nazi affiliation that have been converted to a makeshift memorial.
    — Amy B Wang, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2018
  • The ropes were attached to eight bells hanging in a belfry, and the adults were working hard to create the glorious and constantly changing cascade of notes that rang out over Center City Philadelphia.
    — Jon Hurdle, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2017
  • Unfortunately, that 18-minute shift by Mother Constance results in a vigorous bell ringing that pushes poor Alaïa Jade out of the belfry window to the pavement below.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
  • The Jokake Inn closed in the late 1970s and was demolished, except for its Pueblo revival-style belfry towers, which were incorporated into The Phoenician.
    — Douglas C. Towne, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025

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