How to Use gable in a Sentence

gable

noun
  • The gable's end is left open and the wall fills the space between the slopes.
    — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2024
  • Many homes also have pop-outs on garage walls that face the street and on gables, too.
    — Brian Sodoma and Clare Gersh, azcentral, 2 May 2018
  • The parallel glass gables of its roof rise and fall like an abstract hillscape.
    — airmail.news, 16 Nov. 2024
  • The thick granite-block walls remain intact, as do the 20-foot-high gables.
    — Tim Folger, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
  • That goes from the stone parapet walls on its roof gables to its massive elaborate chimneys.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2017
  • In fact, two crosses—the beams and the gables—are superimposed but offset.
    — Shonquis Moreno, Curbed, 6 Aug. 2018
  • The place, distinguished by three gables, is partially hidden by hedges and trees.
    — oregonlive.com, 4 Aug. 2019
  • The life-size bovine who lives on John’s gable has turned in her rainbow Pride scarf for a red, white and blue rocket.
    — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 3 July 2018
  • Over the past few months, the station roof and gables were replaced, which prevents further damage to the inside.
    — Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Perched on her nose were enormous bright white Buddy Holly glasses like a heron on a low gable.
    — Literary Hub, 21 June 2016
  • The building's Alamo-esque gable only adds to its fortresslike quality.
    — Mraz, Town & Country, 1 Feb. 2012
  • In keeping with the style, the home has a brick facade with multiple overlapping gables of varying heights.
    — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Some smaller sizes and ornamental shapes may also feature in areas such as gables.
    — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2024
  • Cockroaches also get in through soffits, gables, cracks, windows and unsealed garage doors.
    — Eva Flowe june 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 June 2026
  • The couple rebuilt the home’s four decorative gables.
    — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • So it’s laid out horizontally with multiple wings, which also means many roofs and gables.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 6 Jan. 2018
  • The gables and wood siding outside were elements of a Gage-era remodel.
    — Jennifer Rice Epstein, Los Angeles Magazine, 10 July 2017
  • Arched doors and windows, baroque gables and a clay tile roof are among the 1930 home's character details.
    — Neal J. Leitereg, Jack Flemming and Lauren Beale, sacbee, 21 May 2018
  • Bargeboards decorated with oak leaves highlight the gable that rises above the grand entrance.
    — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The tall gable around the front entrance is broken into 24 sections by Tudor beams.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 27 July 2019
  • The entire gable was leaning dangerously inward and had to be rebuilt.
    — Marcela Valdes, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • To finish gable ends, trim the gables with J-channel, cut each length of siding to match the slope of the roof, and nail the siding in place.
    — Merle Henkenius, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2023
  • The home’s dozens of gables, stone chimneys and pinnacles suggest a small English village.
    — New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020
  • The home’s dozens of gables, stone chimneys, and pinnacles suggest a small English village.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Their contemplative poses are echoed by the house’s twin triangular gables.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The roof of the central nave explodes with color, its gables decorated in vibrant ceramics.
    — CNN Money, 8 June 2026
  • Wilkinson gave them a shingle-style house with a stone base and gables and dormers that lend it a slightly New England character.
    — Ted Loos, ELLE Decor, 5 July 2012
  • The rebuilt roof’s dormers and gables give quirky angles to some rooms, and its original arched windows are now double-pane insulated.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 30 Nov. 2019
  • The rear view of the house is dramatic — a 140-foot-wide stretch of windows, balconies, overhangs and peaked gables, stacked two and three stories high.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2017
  • Wochit With its wide shingled body, its base made of stone and a dozen roof gables, this handsome house looks like it was lifted from the Nantucket seashore.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2020

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