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Example sentences for "atop"

Lexicographically close words:
atonements; atones; atonic; atoning; atony; atour; atque; atra; atre; atremble
  1. To right and left atop are seen the Heroes of Tomorrow - one a white boy, the other a negro type.

  2. Stirling Calder, Frederick Roth, Leo Lentelli, Sculptors Atop the Arch of the Orient is the superb tableau representing the types of men that form the Orientals.

  3. Down went the man, screaming, the dog atop of him.

  4. Down crashed the man, losing his balance under the heavy impact; Wolf atop of him.

  5. Should we decide on Canada Balsam, we put a small drop of the substance in the centre of a clean slide, place one section atop of it and then gently lower a cover slip upon it as already described.

  6. On the outside of each cavity containing a member of the colony there is a structure which resembles nothing so much as a hawk-like bird’s head atop of a long neck.

  7. The battered hat perched rakishly atop her knob of gray-white hair gave her a jaunty, sporting look, as of a ponderous, burlesque Watteau.

  8. By Thursday evening she was teasing Papa Gregg for a spray of white aigrets, such as those same languorous ladies wore in feathery mists atop their hats.

  9. I know what that cost me--an' then all these annoyances atop o' that.

  10. In a few minutes he began to glow, for there was a thick pile of woolly salvation atop of him.

  11. The spindle-shanks went striding, striding without a check, along the roughest roads, the pale face shining atop of them like a sweet calm moon.

  12. It is Hart Hill," said Charles; "there's a Roman camp atop of it.

  13. The black wrapper, with empty arms dangling, she spread across a chair, and atop of it a black cotton petticoat, sans all the gentle mysteries of lace and frill.

  14. They laid her back on the pillow, and she folded her hands lightly, ever so lightly, like lilies, one atop the other.

  15. Miss Du Prez swung herself atop the trunk and crossed her slim limbs.

  16. Willey Hall, a solid, substantial stone edifice, stands atop of a gentle rise, overlooking a chain of lake-like pools embosomed amidst shadowy woodlands.

  17. From its southern side projects an old stone porch, and a timber bell-cot rises atop of the western gable, all very rustic and simple, and quite innocent as yet of restoration.

  18. An adjacent monument to Edmund Walter and his lady, dated 1592, shews traces of a degenerate style creeping in, Time with his hour-glass appearing atop of the arch, with scrolls and pediments introduced by way of enrichments.

  19. Atop of a raised bank in the corner yonder stands 'the pretty arbour in Boscobel Garden, which grew upon a mount, where his Majesty spent some time of the Lord's day in reading, and commended the place for its retiredness.

  20. Then Barrow comes in view atop of a gentle rise, its old church tower peering over the straw ricks of a barton; while far away beyond the dark rolling woodlands of Willey Park spreads a rich, champaign country, bounded by pale Midland hills.

  21. Like a huge serpent it slid down, the great glowing furnace with its feeding coals undermost, and then the whole wrecked mass of carriages tumbled after, atop of each other, while cries of despair were heard on every side.

  22. Two stone sentinels stood in perfect symmetry, like Roman statues, atop the angling walls that rose to either side of the stairway's end.

  23. The brothers, now forty, saw him reappear atop the high precipice that loomed at the far side of the canyon.

  24. The moving shapes were dark in the lengthening shadows, and all looked up at him, perched silently atop the Carrier Stone.

  25. The rockface offered little resistance as he climbed, and soon he stood atop a hooked spire that sprang from the pillar's crumbling eastern shoulder, high above the plain.

  26. He leaped atop the nearest log, slipped, fell across the logs awkwardly.

  27. At long last the eagle stood atop the giant, its talons at his stomach!

  28. All were atop the hill which provided a fine view of the surrounding country .

  29. The goalie swung at the black object but his stick landed atop Carl's and bounced off.

  30. He occupied a seat on a stool atop a table at one end of the dining-room, and as he sawed with the bow he kept time to the cadences with his left foot.

  31. He continued to a stair, mounted it, then climbed ladders, to finally come out at the observation platform atop the temple.

  32. Atop the dome, a torch provided a beacon to relieve the blackness of moonless nights.

  33. He was already at the instrument, where it lay, swathed, atop the grand piano.

  34. She moved slowly toward the huddle on the cot, parasol leading, and her hands crossed atop the parrot.

  35. Then, Mrs. O'Connor leaned out, bare arms folded atop her broom.

  36. We tumbled into the hollows and a roaring wind would drive a boiling foam, white as milk, atop of us; we climbed up the hills and the roaring wind would drive the solid green water atop of us.

  37. A smooth, oily sea--there is never any good comes out of it; but a beautiful sea notwithstanding, with more curious patterns of shifting colors than a man could count in a year playing atop of it.

  38. John Snow's house stood at the head of a street atop of a steep hill, and I remember how I stood on the steps of John Snow's house and looked down the slope of the hill, and below the hill to the harbor, and beyond the harbor to clear water.

  39. She showed the skua, a black knob atop of the black blob of his bowlder, apparently fast asleep, invisible if we did not know he was there.

  40. Then I couldn't think for a minute or two because of old Billy's clapper going, but when I did, his face came back to me atop of his voice.

  41. So Aunt M'riar felt at rest so long as Dave was content to set up atop of the dustbin-lid and shout till he was hoarse; all the while using a shovel, that was public property, as a gong.

  42. After Matthew turned Wallaby into what he wanted, then sold it to ICP, it would be no different when he was promoted to a higher rank within ICP, perched atop his ever-growing blockade.

  43. He turned around to take a closer look at her disheveled appearance, and for a moment his eyes fixed on the empty champagne bottle resting atop the night table.

  44. A slice of his bald head showed atop of it like a new moon!

  45. In a dark room of the Blue Mountain, atop Bimini Hill, sat a middle-aged man of high station.

  46. It made no sound as the men slowly walked towards the pole, with Lloyd's head mounted atop it.

  47. Even Jessuum Benitar, atop his great mountain, kept himself from food and sleep for the fortnight, while he prayed to God that Boyce would recover from the wicked hardship that he had experienced since his birth.

  48. He looked straight ahead and saw the great Halls Cathedral, standing tall and solitary atop the butte, on the other side of the valley.

  49. Wouldn't that be mince pie atop of roast turkey and cranberry sauce?

  50. And then I dumped his organ atop of him, and took the kid and e-loped.

  51. Atop the hill it was held by the fire of Lewis guns, but, with their superiority of numbers, the Germans pushed round on either flank, rendering the position untenable.

  52. A tiny flicker of fire would appear atop of the balloon, swiftly growing and spreading.

  53. Atop the oblong shed, swept clear by the wind, a light was signalling, telling the progress of the plow, and its consequent engines, within.

  54. Again one of those agonizing waits, racking to the two men whose future depended largely upon the happenings atop the range.

  55. On such occasions the luckless roustabout gave up his precarious bedroom to the "ladies" and sat all night in dubious solitude atop of his lodging house.


  56. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "atop" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.