Parapet in a sentence

As a result of the collisions, the minibus lost control and turned turtle several times, flinging passengers out of the vehicle before it came to a stop on the western parapet of the road with extensive damages.

Eyewitnesses reported a man jumping into the water from the bridge parapet at around 5.30pm with delays on both sides of the bridge as emergency services dealt with the incident.

He said the driver had managed to turn her car around when a larger landslide hit, washing away a bridge and its solid granite parapet.

In a public notice, the council said that the C1087 Pig Street in Norton Canon would be closed 100 metres on either side of the bridge parapet.

In the second accident reported near Virudhunagar, two persons were killed and five others were injured when a speeding car rammed against a parapet wall of a culvert near Amathur.

The 15-foot-tall (4.5 meter) spoon stood against the side of the building with the handle nestled in an opening of a roof parapet.

The car skidded further and ended up onto the grass parapet and collided with a bridge and further into a fence.

The passengers were flung out of the minibus before it came to a stop on the western parapet of the roadway.

And her call to action appealed to a broader collective of international enforcers, regulators and policymakers to join forces to fix this one — rather than the EU sticking its head above the parapet.

And though the office floors above have been pulled back from the parapet to minimise their visual impact, the ‘shoulder height’ of the glazed box is significantly taller than the existing shopping centre, as well as buildings on Grafton Street.

Floating, hold the parapet or railing and kick from the hips.

Meanwhile, drone footage, courtesy of Ed Davies, showed the water close to the parapet and swirling around the section of the bridge which had already suffered the partial collapse.

Now, a spokesperson for the Herefordshire council has said that the bridge remains closed after the grade II listed bridge has been damaged, with the "downstream parapet" being damaged upon impact.

The discovery of old black and white photographs of his father sitting on the parapet of a Martello tower in Majorca, taken in 1951, added an air of serendipity to the sale.

Traffic Lights will then be in place for the remainder of the project as the parapet and lighting improvements continue.

And yet the box was this time even further away, closer to the parapet wall.

For all of the great people we have and the great work we do, too often we see women discouraged from putting their heads above the parapet because of careless words or actions rooted in bias.

Imran Abdul’s lifeless body lying on the parapet.

Rowett took command while Corse was taken below the parapet, where his wound was bandaged.

Explaining the need for the current repairs, architects Nick Joyce said: "It was the introduction of the parapet gutter which has resulted in the present need for urgent repairs.