How to Use colonnade in a Sentence

colonnade

noun
  • A colonnade surrounds the courtyard.
  • One sad hero who isn’t on the colonnade is very much here in spirit.
    — Joshua Levine, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The pristine swimming pool is lined by a colonnade of palm trees.
    — Becca Endicott, ELLE Decor, 24 Jan. 2018
  • But despite what this postcard proclaimed, there was no colonnade along it.
    — Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The east and west colonnades led to service buildings such as the ice house and storage rooms for coal and wood.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The couples then walked along the colonnade to the Oval Office, ladies first.
    — Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2017
  • The colonnade on the second floor will be encased in glass to overlook 42nd street.
    — Keiko Morris, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2018
  • And under these arches, these sort of colonnades, there was a fishmonger.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Each wing was connected to the main structure with long colonnades, hidden from street view by trees and sloped lawns.
    — Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Just over the line in Woodbridge, the urban density gives way to a colonnade of trees.
    — Eliza Fawcett, courant.com, 30 Apr. 2021
  • The late spring sun cast long shadows across the colonnades as rumors and prayers floated through the multi-lingual buzz of the crowd.
    — Christopher Hale, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
  • This is a pretty, warm room with arched interior colonnades, anchored by a display kitchen with an open fire.
    — Andrea Bennett, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Out front, a graveled motor court borders a colonnade entryway and an attached two-car garage tucked off to the side.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Still standing, however, are most of the stately colonnades lined up for nearly a mile along the main boulevard.
    — Patrick J. McDonnell, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2017
  • The huge edifice, lined with colonnades, towers behind gates and guards on a busy boulevard in the centre of the city.
    — The Economist, 7 Sep. 2017
  • He should not be honored with a bronze statue 19 feet tall, surrounded by a colonnade of white marble.
    — Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 6 July 2020
  • Style touches, from the arches and colonnades to pastels and barrel-tile roofs, are ubiquitous.
    — John Dolen, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Reyes said that although rides and most attractions at the boardwalk were closed, the colonnade and main plaza remain open for the time being.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2020
  • On the facade, which contained the main entrance, was a Corinthian colonnade, three stories high.
    — James Verini, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The hall, with its classical colonnades and skylight, was empty but would remain so for only ten more minutes.
    — Jud Newborn, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Black and white presidential portraits now hang along the colonnade near the Oval Office in gold frames.
    — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Black and white presidential portraits now hang along the colonnade near the Oval Office in gold frames.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • All the changes he's done to the colonnade, to the -- to the Oval Office, all the gold in the Cabinet room.
    — ABC News, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Reporters and cameras were positioned to record them strolling along the colonnade to the Oval Office.
    — NBC News, 1 June 2018
  • The parts of the flows with clear columns are called the colonnade while the areas where the columns are less-than-perfect or absent are the entablature.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2015
  • By the time the sun went down, the room had filled, and the party was spilling out onto the colonnade, where people mingled underneath palm trees in the heavy air.
    — Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Framed by a lagoon and Corinthian colonnades, its Beaux-Arts grandeur evokes that of ancient Rome.
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The one at Le Bristol is a beauty, framed by colonnades and speckled with white parasols and garden tables.
    — Betsy Blumenthal, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2018
  • His leadership added the east and west colonnades connecting the main residence to service buildings.
    — Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • He was seen standing in the colonnade on his phone, and at times speaking with White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller.
    — Mary Bruce, ABC News, 1 May 2025

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