Synonyms

1. building

Sentence Examples

1. The castle itself looked as if it had once been a grand edifice that had reached towards the sky during days long forgotten.
2. The roof of bark had long since fallen, and mingled with the soil, but the huge logs of pine, which had been hastily thrown together, still preserved their relative positions, though one angle of the work had given way under the pressure, and threatened a speedy downfall to the remainder of the rustic edifice.
3. this edifice which I have been so long preparing, which I have reared with so much care and toil, is to be crushed by a single touch, a word, a breath!
4. Fire burns, Water drowns, and Air can rip and tear even the most solid edifice away.
5. It was more of a palace an edifice of soaring ceilings, tall windows, and not a single room smaller than my entire house .
6. The south door of the edifice had a wonderful calming effect on him.
7. An imposing edifice, its art deco styling and impressive thirty-two-story tower and Romanesque archways made it almost like going to a movie set for anyone ascending the massive flight of steps and entering the historic landmark.
8. Through the line of trees, he studied the attractive edifice.
9. Volumes of learned knowledge were tumbling over the edifice like bricks crumbling off a wall, hammering on the stone steps below.
10. I was sure that there was a story of speculation and probably corruption behind the giant edifice because it looked as if it had been abandoned, partially constructed, many years earlier.