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Example sentences for "oriels"

Lexicographically close words:
orgueil; orgulous; orgy; ori; orie; orientale; orientales; orientali; orientalis; orientalischen
  1. Illustration: Pembroke College Oriels & Entrance] The exact date at which the building of the College was begun is not known, but it was probably not long after the purchase of the site in 1346.

  2. It is a spacious apartment, ninety feet by twenty-seven feet, with two recessed oriels and a fireplace capacious enough to roast an ox.

  3. To lovers of the road the quaint gables and broad oriels of the White Horse are no mean landmark, for they are the destination of a real old-fashioned coach and four running hither from Charing Cross daily during the summer months.

  4. Count Hugo stayed awhile, standing with my lady and the Waldgrave in one of the great oriels that overlooked the street.

  5. It was the 17th of August, and the sun, already high, flashed light from a hundred oriels and casements.

  6. The oriels tantalized me, because I could always hear them in the crests of the trees, until, about the middle of August, they went away on their long journey to the South, but could very rarely catch sight of their gold and black plumage.


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