On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Skyscraper. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as building or edifice and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Skyscraper meaning
- A very tall building with a large number of floors.
- A small sail atop a mast of a ship; a triangular skysail.
- Anything very tall or high.
Using Skyscraper
- The main meaning on this page is: A very tall building with a large number of floors. | A small sail atop a mast of a ship; a triangular skysail. | Anything very tall or high.
- Useful related words include: building, edifice.
- In the example corpus, skyscraper often appears in combinations such as: skyscraper in, the skyscraper, tallest skyscraper.
Context around Skyscraper
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Skyscraper
- In this selection, "skyscraper" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, glass, friendly, although, construction, filled and pluck stand out and add context to how "skyscraper" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 156million residential skyscraper fv flatiron and a downtown skyscraper. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "skyscraper" sits close to words such as acreage, adaptable and akron, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with skyscraper
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It is also notable that Gigantamax Duraludon resembles another impressive modern structure: a skyscraper. (14 words)
I would not put my money on this skyscraper withstanding much of a jolt. (14 words)
A skyscraper in Moscow was attacked twice in two days over the past week, according to Sobyanin. (17 words)
Aside from giving him a serious boost in the power department, Luffy's ultimate form also allows him to grow to the size of a skyscraper, pluck lightning bolts from the sky, and even transform objects that he makes contact with. (41 words)
There may be a correlation between skyscraper construction and great income inequality but this has not been conclusively proved. citation Environmental impact 30 St Mary Axe in London is an example of a modern environmentally friendly skyscraper. (37 words)
Boldly abandoning ornament altogether, Mies made a dramatic modernist debut with his stunning competition proposal for the faceted all-glass Friedrichstraße skyscraper in 1921, followed by a taller curved version in 1922 named the Glass Skyscraper. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Boldly abandoning ornament altogether, Mies made a dramatic modernist debut with his stunning competition proposal for the faceted all-glass Friedrichstraße skyscraper in 1921, followed by a taller curved version in 1922 named the Glass Skyscraper.
There may be a correlation between skyscraper construction and great income inequality but this has not been conclusively proved. citation Environmental impact 30 St Mary Axe in London is an example of a modern environmentally friendly skyscraper.
Although skyscraper-filled Tamachi has changed since the days when it was mainly farmland (Tamachi means ‘rice field town’), there’s plenty of green space in this up-and-coming neighbourhood.
Aside from giving him a serious boost in the power department, Luffy's ultimate form also allows him to grow to the size of a skyscraper, pluck lightning bolts from the sky, and even transform objects that he makes contact with.
A skyscraper in Moscow was attacked twice in two days over the past week, according to Sobyanin.
From atop a skyscraper in Boston, a small television station last month started retransmitting a French news broadcast using new fifth-generation wireless signals.
Going past the skyscraper again, all these years later and with nary anyone else around, I reflected and paused.
He wasn't even featured heavily in the marketing campaign, with the Los Angeles skyscraper at the center of the movie being the focal point.
Iran used one to secretly maintain ownership of a Fifth Avenue skyscraper for two decades, claiming rent payments from unsuspecting American tenants.
It is also notable that Gigantamax Duraludon resembles another impressive modern structure: a skyscraper.
It's a scene that takes full advantage of the audience's fear of heights, something Wan does once again with the skyscraper scene later on.
It’s Bruce Willis versus terrorists in an airport (as opposed to the skyscraper of the original).
It would have been hard to imagine, ten years ago, getting paid to take possession of a downtown skyscraper.
I would not put my money on this skyscraper withstanding much of a jolt.
Later, Tyler will find himself dangling from a beam, like Ethan Hunt in “Mission: Impossible,” off the top of a skyscraper.
Millionaire developer Tim Gurner, 41, is behind the $156million residential skyscraper FV Flatiron in ’s Fortitude Valley.
On July 25, 2021, Winston and Sukanya Gale and just three team members, in keeping with health and safety measures, celebrated the “Topping Off” ceremony on the 43rd floor of the grand skyscraper.
On the top of the turquoise-tipped skyscraper on the southeast side of the Upper West Side.
She teamed the show-stopping ensemble with a white top and a pair of skyscraper heels that helped flaunt her toned and leggy pins.
That’s because prosecutors have agreed to redact Trump’s name from an undercover recording where Burke talked about how his private law firm had won property tax breaks for Trump’s downtown Chicago skyscraper.
Common combinations with skyscraper
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- skyscraper in 17×
- the skyscraper 17×
- tallest skyscraper 10×
- of skyscraper 10×
- skyscraper and 9×
- first skyscraper 7×
- skyscraper at 6×
- skyscraper that 5×
- -story skyscraper 4×
- skyscraper is 3×