How to Use plaza in a Sentence

plaza

noun
  • They put his statue in the town's plaza.
  • The roof slants all the way down to the broad plaza, doubling as a ramp.
    — James Stewart, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Locals filled the restaurants that line the plaza.
    — Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Sprawled across the plaza was a beige carpet lined with black velvet ropes.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Others danced to music or ran across the plaza to hug a friend who just showed up.
    — Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Aztec dancers practiced in the plaza throughout the years as most of the busts looked on.
    — Gustavo Arellanocolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Otherwise, not a plaza or a street or a marker in his name.
    — Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Stange got back into her vehicle and left the plaza.
    — Christina Hall, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • In the video, a group is seen gathering in a parking lot near a plaza.
    — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Dancers in outfits as turquoise as the water performed in the plaza.
    — Naomi Tomky, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2025
  • For Judeh, the plaza is not only a sacred place but a unique haven.
    — Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2021
  • The two parades will no longer have grandstands in the plaza after this year.
    — Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Jan. 2022
  • South of the central plaza are the four pickleball courts.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 3 June 2026
  • South of the central plaza are the four pickleball courts.
    — Amanda Rosa may 6, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
  • The plaza where shots were fired is directly behind his home.
    — Tara Lynch, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Police then got a call about a single shot being fired in the back of the plaza.
    — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 15 May 2021
  • So the plaza charged ahead, scheduling nine events through late March.
    — James Wagner Luis Antonio Rojas, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The plaza was to my left; to my right was the historic La Placita church.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2021
  • Smaller fires have already been lit, dotting the plaza.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Police found the woman in a shopping plaza.
    — Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Pellegrino is a tiny, fiery chef who seems ready to see the plaza filled with sports fans.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas Morning News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Head to the park's main plaza to watch break dancers, musicians, and quinceñeras collide.
    — Kylie Madry, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2023
  • And yet, the plaza itself is harrowing.
    — Jonathan Timm, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026
  • The new location is at the western end of the plaza, a former bank space.
    — cleveland, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Just northeast of the plaza is a hilltop park with a cross that gets some of the best sunset views in town.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Over the years, the plaza became home to a weekend farmers market.
    — Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The plan also includes open space along the west and north ends of the site, as well as a transit plaza.
    — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Soon the plaza will be empty, and the projectors will go quiet.
    — Blake Simons, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
  • During the busiest days, this can lead to a traffic jam of pedestrians around the plaza.
    — Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Music and photo stations will be set up throughout the plaza.
    — Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 13 Oct. 2025

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