How to Use pyramid in a Sentence

pyramid

noun
  • Once again the whole food pyramid has been flipped on its pointy head.
    — Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The big glass pyramid amused Mona.
    — Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Whole grains are now at the bottom of the pyramid.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The pyramid was topped with a pair of mallards.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 14 Jan. 2026
  • People will try to sell you all kinds of things at the pyramids.
    — Isis Briones, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2026
  • What would the changes mean for clubs lower down the pyramid?
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Shear it into orbs or pyramids.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The pyramid was built for scarcity.
    — Brett Hurt, Fortune, 23 June 2026
  • One of my favorite ways to enjoy the pyramids is to go at night.
    — Isis Briones, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2026
  • Even those at the very top of the rotten pyramid had not escaped.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2022
  • But the top of the pyramid—the super wealthy—are still going strong.
    — Hillary Hoffower, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Mary’s head extrudes from a pyramid of gold, velvet and sable.
    — Dominic Green, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2022
  • That means what emerges today entered the ground when the pyramids were still new.
    — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Most are variants of a pyramid of boxes.
    — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Even if you’re headed into any of the pyramids, rock this pair of wide-leg pants.
    — Isis Briones, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2026
  • Men on boats toss the players two cheese balls at a time, while the teams stack it all up pyramid-style.
    — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 25 Sep. 2025
  • New food pyramid compared to the old pyramid?
    — Beth Reese Cravey, Florida Times-Union, 7 Feb. 2026
  • There is a whole chicken in the protein section of the pyramid.
    — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The pyramid has received a new look and is under new guidelines.
    — Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
  • In the yard were a stone obelisk and a pyramid covered with intricate tiles.
    — AZCentral.com, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Citizens should be at the top of the pyramid, not the bottom.
    — Charlotte Observer, 29 Feb. 2024
  • What may be different is the fate of the pyramid itself.
    — Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • Assemble the jars in a pyramid, then wrap it with a shiny garland and top with a star.
    — Chloe Gorman, Country Living, 19 Oct. 2022
  • This helped ensure the perovskite also formed pyramids to catch light.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 12 July 2023
  • The pyramid narrows at the bottom.
    — Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • How did the ancient Egyptians build the pyramids?
    — Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
  • For example, once the pyramids did not have good restaurants.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • This is not building a pyramid without power tools.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026
  • But in the center of the table, there was, like, a lazy susan, and there was kind of a pyramid.
    — Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
  • And the contrast between the top and the rest of the football pyramid system is stark.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC news, 9 Aug. 2025

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