Explore Pediments through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Pediments meaning
plural of pediment
Using Pediments
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of pediment
- In the example corpus, pediments often appears in combinations such as: and pediments.
Context around Pediments
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pediments
- In this selection, "pediments" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sandstone, archaic, pointed, facing and combined stand out and add context to how "pediments" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and on pediments combined complexity and and pointed pediments at first. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pediments" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pediments
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The main house of limestone, with brick, marble pilasters, and sandstone pediments. (12 words)
They may have square lintels and triangular or segmental pediments, which are often used alternately. (15 words)
At the corners of pediments they were called acroteria and along the sides of the building, antefixes. (17 words)
The sandstone walls were erected by Scottish immigrants, employed by Hoban, citation as were the high-relief rose and garland decorations above the north entrance and the "fish scale" pattern beneath the pediments of the window hoods. (37 words)
Indra is associated with the East; since Angkorian temples typically open to the East, his image is sometimes encountered on lintels and pediments facing that direction. (26 words)
The bow is flanked by 5 bays, the windows of which, as on the north façade, have alternating segmented and pointed pediments at first-floor level. (26 words)
Example sentences (10)
The main house of limestone, with brick, marble pilasters, and sandstone pediments.
They dressed their new republic in the architecture of Greece and Rome, asserting its legitimacy with pillars and pediments.
At the corners of pediments they were called acroteria and along the sides of the building, antefixes.
Indra is associated with the East; since Angkorian temples typically open to the East, his image is sometimes encountered on lintels and pediments facing that direction.
In these archaic pediments the sculptors use empty intervals, to suggest a passage to and fro a busy battlefield.
The bow is flanked by 5 bays, the windows of which, as on the north façade, have alternating segmented and pointed pediments at first-floor level.
The composition of groups of figures in reliefs and on pediments combined complexity and harmony in a way that had a permanent influence on Western art.
The lintels and pediments are often decorated, and guardian figures ( dvarapalas ) are often placed or carved on either side of the doorways.
The sandstone walls were erected by Scottish immigrants, employed by Hoban, citation as were the high-relief rose and garland decorations above the north entrance and the "fish scale" pattern beneath the pediments of the window hoods.
They may have square lintels and triangular or segmental pediments, which are often used alternately.
Common combinations with pediments
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: