How to Use steeple in a Sentence

steeple

noun
  • The top floor seemed to have steeples stacked on top of steeples.
    — Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Lost to flames was its iconic steeple.
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 25 June 2026
  • The steeple and the basement are the next projects on the list.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 3 June 2022
  • Both ropes were attached to the bell high up in the church steeple.
    — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 23 Apr. 2018
  • When Ian struck, the steeple was ripped off and a hole punched through the roof.
    — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The skyscrapers and church steeples are easy to see across the valley.
    — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 11 Oct. 2019
  • Church steeples are of course favored spots for lightning strikes.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2023
  • That steeple, if left like this, is going to be a much bigger deal.
    — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2021
  • Buildings, trees, gaslights, fences and church steeples were covered by snow.
    — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Cranes outnumber church steeples some weeks.
    — Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2026
  • The wooden chapel is topped by a wooden steeple in a cross design.
    — Kelly Kazek | [email protected], al, 22 June 2022
  • Parts of the roof were blown away by the high winds, but the church's steeple remained intact.
    — Brian Ries, CNN, 20 June 2019
  • The only dead civilian was a man who had fallen from the church steeple.
    — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 21 June 2019
  • Scream and drop a lantern if your steeple reveals itself to be haunted.
    — Evan Allgood, New Yorker, 1 July 2026
  • Their little chapel was gray, pebble-dashed, with no steeple, more like a hall than a chapel.
    — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Three hours later, flames were visible in the steeple of the old grade school.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022
  • The steeple will come down as part of roof repairs, but the cross on the front of the building will stay.
    — Ann Doss Helms, charlotteobserver, 31 Jan. 2018
  • From the glass walls on the second and third floor, the Holy Name steeple is a block away.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2018
  • The smokers are out there, along with a nice view of OTR church steeples.
    — Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The rumor was a man had died, he’d been caught beneath the rubble when lightning lanced the steeple.
    — New York Times, 5 Mar. 2020
  • In Biloxi, a bridge was closed after a semi-truck overturned and a steeple was knocked off a church.
    — CBS News, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Over the years, the steeple of the church has sometimes been visible when the water reached low levels.
    — Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Davidson said the congregation has replaced the roof, and work has been done on the steeple over the years.
    — Aleanna Siacon, Detroit Free Press, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Dramatic video shows the moment the steeple collapsed.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • The boats that remained in the bay sat graciously, their thin masts pointing to the heavens like tiny steeples.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2019
  • In the early scenes, the film portrays Nuremberg from the sky, the streets and steeples emerging from the clouds.
    — Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
  • But the steeple of Annie Merner Chapel, like leather seats in an old car parked in the sun, has cracks.
    — Freep.com, 12 Feb. 2021
  • The steeple on Church Street, across the street from Wheaton College, collapsed.
    — Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 28 July 2021
  • Highlights, particularly for children, are the chance to ring the church's bell in the steeple and play the tone chimes.
    — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • The inside of the old steeple has become an artful appendage in the Q Prime office.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 29 Mar. 2024

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