How to Use pagoda in a Sentence

pagoda

noun
  • There’s turkeys and palm trees and pagodas — a mix of things.
    — Drew Zeiba, Curbed, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Hanging string lights from a pagoda or trees is also a good call.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 23 June 2020
  • Hanging string lights from a pagoda or trees is also a good call.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 23 June 2020
  • The pagoda’s retractable roof means guests may sit outside even in the rain.
    — Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 21 May 2018
  • Some are shaped like a candelabra, some like a pagoda, and some are tube-shaped.
    — Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023
  • There is a swimming pool and two pagodas that serve as bath houses for swimmers.
    — Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 2 May 2018
  • On the terrace, Nevins had installed a koi pond, a pagoda, and a bar.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The views of the pagoda remind you of your whereabouts, and keep things grounded.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Jenner’s look featured a black rubber lace dress with long pagoda sleeves.
    — Julia Teti, WWD, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Its orange pagodas can be seen in the distance from many trails in the area, but only one path leads right to it.
    — Laura Randall, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
  • The pagoda is built of plywood veneer and wood poles, finished with a clear coat of varnish.
    — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The pagoda had high columns, flaring gables, and a fine layer of paint that looked like (but wasn’t) gold leaf.
    — Michael Scott Moore, The New Yorker, 25 May 2022
  • The showcase gets more stunning each year and features a 50-foot pagoda.
    — Sam Allard, Axios, 11 July 2024
  • Li was waiting there on a wooden pagoda with a picnic of fresh fruits and vegetables.
    — Oscar Schwartz, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The next stop is Hue and Da Nang, filled with temples, pagodas, palaces and tombs.
    — Ceylan Yeginsu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2024
  • With 20 laps to go, Boles heads to the plaza behind the pagoda to watch the race finale with fans.
    — Tyler Kraft, Indianapolis Star, 1 July 2019
  • The pagoda mirror over the living room fireplace goes up to the ceiling, and so does the mirror in the dining room.
    — Lisa Cregan, House Beautiful, 28 Mar. 2016
  • Later, head to the countryside, dotted with rice paddies and pagodas.
    — National Geographic, 12 June 2019
  • Just upstream is a lush park with a Chinese pagoda, and beyond that, the skyscrapers of downtown.
    — Kari Lydersen, Washington Post, 21 June 2019
  • Instead, Boles works his way to the second floor of the pagoda, watching the milk bath unfold from a distance.
    — Tyler Kraft, Indianapolis Star, 1 July 2019
  • Noise from the nearby pagoda roused Aung and his family before dawn on April 9.
    — Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The first concept for the Chinatown arch was a massive concrete structure with a pagoda-like tiled roof.
    — Bill Van Niekerken, SFChronicle.com, 13 Oct. 2020
  • In the southern town of Qingyuan, a lone white pagoda stood above waters that had submerged smaller buildings nearby.
    — Eva Dou, Washington Post, 8 July 2022
  • But the delicate and sturdy structure with a multitiered roof that makes her box look a pagoda devoted to the baking gods.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The four languages were carved in stone on different faces of a pillar at the Myazedi pagoda in Myanmar.
    — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The roof lines resemble Japanese pagodas, and a small pop-up second story peeks above the home like a plane’s cockpit.
    — Jack Flemmingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2019
  • The Tran Quoc Pagoda is the oldest pagoda in the city and is also one of the most gorgeous and sacred.
    — National Geographic, 26 Mar. 2019
  • The company plans a $1 million makeover that will include an Asian-style gate and pagoda-style roofs on the center’s five buildings.
    — Dana Oland, idahostatesman, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Nearby, a stone pagoda bears a tall, striking pillar which has four Buddha faces — one per cardinal direction.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Every evening the residents of the city assemble at the pagoda to meditate and pay their respects to the Buddha.
    — Antonia Neubauer, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016

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