Below you will find example sentences with "tall buildings". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Tall Buildings in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: tall
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 25.8 words

Words in this phrase

tall buildings

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • tall can mean: Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be... Frequent word
  • buildings can mean: plural of building Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

act damn tall buildings 1× all the tall buildings 1× away from tall buildings in the 1× bright lights tall buildings and rush 1× can leap tall buildings and outspeed 1× climbing whichever tall buildings she can 1× council on tall buildings and urban 1× forest of tall buildings shooting up 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a fisheye lens 1× born in alberton 1× despite the chilly 1× for a vibrant 1× i admire the 1× in their portfolio 1×

Common sentence endings:

and non conforming 1× and outspeed bullets 1× block satellite connectivity 1× city at night 1× damn tall buildings 1× for tall buildings 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

manhattan 3× building 3× night 3× council 2× shape 2× design 2× unusual 2× cable 2× bridges 2× floors 2× urban 2× cliff 2×

Related phrases

inches tall convert tall feet tall office buildings new buildings residential buildings public buildings ins tall apartment buildings tall grass

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around tall:

inches tall 17× convert tall 16× ins tall 8×

Just before it in the phrase index:

talk show talented young talented cast talent show taking part taking care

Just after it in the phrase index:

tall grass tampa bay tank destroyers tank top tap water tape recorder

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

tall grass

Same ending:

office buildings new buildings residential buildings public buildings apartment buildings

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "tall buildings" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25.8 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as act damn tall buildings, all the tall buildings, manhattan, building and night stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with inches tall, convert tall, feet tall, inches tall, convert tall and ins tall, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with tall buildings

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

The bright lights, tall buildings and rush hour traffic. (9 words)

Tall buildings, mountains, dense foliage and other objects can block satellite connectivity. (12 words)

You don’t have to leap tall buildings in a single bound in order to do parkour. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

The council said the consultation will help to shape its final design guidance on tall buildings, which not only guides the best location and design principles for tall buildings but is also a key factor in the determination of planning applications. (41 words)

Very tall buildings, buildings with unusual or complicated shapes (such as a tall building with a parabolic or a hyperbolic shape), cable suspension bridges or cable stayed bridges are analyzed in specialized atmospheric boundary layer wind tunnels. (37 words)

Men, women and children stood out in the wide streets, away from tall buildings, in the moments after the first quake and remained wary of returning to their homes as aftershocks rumbled for hours. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

The council said the consultation will help to shape its final design guidance on tall buildings, which not only guides the best location and design principles for tall buildings but is also a key factor in the determination of planning applications.

The geology of Manhattan is well-suited for tall buildings, with a solid mass of bedrock underneath Manhattan providing a firm foundation for tall buildings.

Very tall buildings, buildings with unusual or complicated shapes (such as a tall building with a parabolic or a hyperbolic shape), cable suspension bridges or cable stayed bridges are analyzed in specialized atmospheric boundary layer wind tunnels.

Locations Effective public shelters can be the middle floors of some tall buildings or parking structures, or below ground level in most buildings with more than 10 floors.

A fisheye lens view shows the Dubai skyline from above, lit up at night with roads passing among tall buildings, as seen from the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building.

For a vibrant, knee-slapping night of tunes, head to One Longfellow Square for a performance by Brooklyn bluegrass act Damn Tall Buildings.

Men, women and children stood out in the wide streets, away from tall buildings, in the moments after the first quake and remained wary of returning to their homes as aftershocks rumbled for hours.

Urban areas offer pest birds easy access to food waste and tall buildings can mimic the high cliff tops that gulls would traditionally nest on.

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In their portfolio they have a range of building remedial work – some of which involves complete removal of cladding from very tall buildings.

Tall buildings, mountains, dense foliage and other objects can block satellite connectivity.

They lay their eggs in tree hollows, on the ledges of tall buildings and in shallow dips in rocks or cliff faces, rather than in nests.

Despite the chilly blanket of gray that shrouded the tall buildings of Manhattan, New Yorkers had much to feel good about on that Saturday, July 28, 1945.

I admire the people behind the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, I have met them a few times at conferences.

Sideshow and Prime 1 Studio are proud to present Supergirl 1:3 Scale statue, another powerful being on the planet who can leap tall buildings and outspeed bullets.

You could look out and on a clear day see the water in Santa Monica, like a mirror behind all the tall buildings.

Born in Alberton, one of Olivier's more unusual hobbies includes climbing whichever tall buildings she can to take in views of the city at night.

Many of the new, over-tall buildings just completed or under construction are contributing to this unwelcome feeling as they appear, within the context of our beloved downtown, both alien and non-conforming.

The bright lights, tall buildings and rush hour traffic.

The forest of tall buildings shooting up in the old King-Spadina warehouse district will provide housing and work space for throngs of tech workers.

You don’t have to leap tall buildings in a single bound in order to do parkour.

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