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Six example sentences with pinnacle, each labelled with its topic.
Each pinnacle adds weight to the pier below, which is how a medieval mason kept his vaults from spreading outward.
Architecture
Shoot the cathedral at dawn from the west lawn, when one pinnacle throws a long thin line across the roof.
Photography
Lightning knocked a pinnacle off the old abbey in 1786, and the stone lay in the churchyard for decades.
History
From the river cruise you can count every pinnacle on the cathedral roof before the boat turns at the bridge.
Travel
The engraver drew each pinnacle of the west front with a needle fine line, so the print reads like stone lace.
Art
Peregrine falcons nest on a pinnacle of the cathedral tower each spring, so the city delays repairs until the chicks fledge.
Environment
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