Explore Supertall through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Supertall in a sentence
Supertall meaning
- Extremely tall.
- Exceeding 984 feet (300 metres) in height.
Using Supertall
- The main meaning on this page is: Extremely tall. | Exceeding 984 feet (300 metres) in height.
- In the example corpus, supertall often appears in combinations such as: supertall buildings.
Context around Supertall
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Supertall
- In this selection, "supertall" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, buildings, art and era stand out and add context to how "supertall" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include be a supertall and by other supertall art deco. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "supertall" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aapp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with supertall
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Writing in Curbed, Patrick Sisson asks In the supertall era, is the sustainable skyscraper a myth? (16 words)
The 2001 terrorist attacks at New York’s World Trade Center kicked off new worries about supertall buildings. (18 words)
It was originally intended to be the world’s tallest building, but was quickly superseded by other supertall Art Deco towers like the Empire State Building and Chrysler Building. (29 words)
Right now, JP Morgan Chase’s plans for its new headquarters—set to replace the modernist Union Carbide Building at 270 Park Avenue—are not set in stone, but the rumor is that the new tower will be a supertall. (40 words)
The steel frames become inefficient and uneconomic for supertall buildings as usable floor space is reduced for progressively larger supporting columns. citation Since about 1960, tubular designs have been used for high rises. (33 words)
It was originally intended to be the world’s tallest building, but was quickly superseded by other supertall Art Deco towers like the Empire State Building and Chrysler Building. (29 words)
Writing in Curbed, Patrick Sisson asks In the supertall era, is the sustainable skyscraper a myth? (16 words)
Example sentences (5)
The 2001 terrorist attacks at New York’s World Trade Center kicked off new worries about supertall buildings.
It was originally intended to be the world’s tallest building, but was quickly superseded by other supertall Art Deco towers like the Empire State Building and Chrysler Building.
Writing in Curbed, Patrick Sisson asks In the supertall era, is the sustainable skyscraper a myth?
Right now, JP Morgan Chase’s plans for its new headquarters—set to replace the modernist Union Carbide Building at 270 Park Avenue—are not set in stone, but the rumor is that the new tower will be a supertall.
The steel frames become inefficient and uneconomic for supertall buildings as usable floor space is reduced for progressively larger supporting columns. citation Since about 1960, tubular designs have been used for high rises.
Common combinations with supertall
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: