How to Use bell tower in a Sentence

bell tower

noun
  • Here’s a brief look at the historic bell tower.
    — Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The island is known for its church, which boasts a tall bell tower.
    — Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • It is hoped that a simple bell tower can be erected for the bell.
    — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 30 Nov. 2019
  • The tornado tore the roof off the chapel and smashed the bell tower.
    — CBS News, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The group sent me a photo of the school’s mission-style bell tower.
    — oregonlive, 19 July 2021
  • The desert-brown church with the tall bell tower was filled to overflowing.
    — Nathan Ellgren, Adriana Gomez Licon and Jim Salter, Anchorage Daily News, 1 June 2022
  • The bell tower is one of the last pieces of a plan for the cemetery adopted years ago.
    — Alaska Dispatch News, 20 Sep. 2017
  • In recent decades, the bell tower poking out of the lake has drawn tourists from around the world.
    — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 May 2021
  • The fire could be seen raging in the bell tower as firefighters worked.
    — Alex Chhith, Star Tribune, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The two bells originally housed in two bell towers at the church.
    — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
  • What's thought to be the old bell is now housed in a new bell tower at the elementary's entrance.
    — Lily Altavena, azcentral, 5 Aug. 2019
  • The church was still in the process of restoring its historic bell tower and scrambled to finish it in time.
    — ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • By midafternoon, only the bell tower was left standing amid the ruins.
    — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2021
  • When guests come to town, Winke tries to nab the one apartment that comes with a rooftop terrace and bell tower views.
    — Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2026
  • It’s known for its network of churches, bell towers and underground caves.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 15 June 2026
  • Coleman noted that the new bell tower will be a replica but would not be in the same location as the first.
    — Jane Bellmyer, Baltimore Sun, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The finished product included a bell tower and a sod roof which never leaked.
    — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 4 June 2026
  • Think about a century's worth of dust and other things that have collected in the bell tower.
    — Joe Holden, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
  • During the first year, a friend of the church made an anonymous gift of a new carillon (bell tower) and organ.
    — Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Sep. 2021
  • There’s a tour of the bell tower the second and fourth Wednesday of the month during the summer months.
    — Travel Wisconsin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 July 2019
  • From the base of the bell tower to the top of the flagpole, the building ascends 393 feet in the air.
    — Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024
  • Minarets pierce the city's skyline like proud exclamation points, while the bell tower of the Catholic church soars over them.
    — Rick Steves, miamiherald, 24 May 2018
  • The tower's original purpose was as a bell tower for the Pisa cathedral.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 10 May 2018
  • The octagonal bell tower still stands, with the original school bell perched atop the cupola.
    — Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Marvel at the grandeur of Agios Dionysios Church and its bell tower.
    — Helen Iatrou, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2024
  • Parisians will once again be able to step inside one of their most beloved landmarks, with the Olympic bell installed in one of its tall bell towers.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024
  • When the spire was added on the bell tower in 1892, the church was the tallest building in Detroit.
    — Ann Zaniewski, Detroit Free Press, 9 June 2018
  • Look around, and you’ll spot palazzi, convents, fountains, and bell towers—even the remains of a Norman tower.
    — Erica Firpo, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2026
  • At the far right, the bell tower of a distant town pierces the incandescent horizon, poised to toll and announce the arrival of a new day.
    — Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Outside the church on Tuesday, a Jumbotron was placed in front of the bell tower of the church and will stream the funeral.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 23 June 2020

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