dome - use in sentences

Converse of subject

  • surmount: It was circular, surmounted by a dome giving off flashes of green light.

Object

  • ceiling: The drawing room had a domed ceiling like the night sky painted in midnight blue with gold stars.
  • roof: In places the domed roof reaches over 60 feet in height.
  • lid: The jug shaped vessel had a domed lid surmounted by an acorn ornament.

Adjective modifier

  • geodesic: It is claimed that there are 100,000 geodesic domes in use around the world.
  • onion-shaped: Its two massive, onion-shaped copper domes appear on nearly every postcard of the city.
  • gilded: The citadel atop the hill at the center of the city was clearly visible, light reflecting off of it's gilded dome.
  • lofty: Florence's lofty domes and sacred art will make your senses reel.
  • rounded: The rounded volcanic domes seen in the last few days now give way to the more dramatic rugged skyline of the French Alps.
  • volcanic: The rounded volcanic domes seen in the last few days now give way to the more dramatic rugged skyline of the French Alps.

Modifies a noun

  • tweeter: With separate mid and bass units combining with a soft dome tweeter you can be assured of a detailed yet powerful sound quality.
  • tent: Most of the large dome tents require two people for ease of erection.
  • collapse: Further analysis and categorisation of the swarms indicate a migration of the trigger source, particularly after a dome collapse.

Noun used with modifier

  • lava: Aerial photography taken on 21 July revealed than an external lava dome was not visible at the bottom of the crater.
  • planetarium: Of on-line gaming planetarium dome a the marina district.
  • millenium: I'll build a mini millenium dome in my garden!
  • onion: Further down we saw the Russian Orthodox Church easily identifiable by its golden onion domes.
  • summit: Stone Arthur is out of sight below the curve of the summit dome.
  • granite: Like many places in the Sierra Nevada, this is a landscape of dramatic granite domes.

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