The principal entrance is the one known as "The Three-Headed Gate", so called on account of the three tapering spires that surmount the three openings.
At sunset the details of the structure of the pagodas of Wat Chang are lost, but the mass of spires and pinnacles takes on a purple tint which changes to one of dusky hue as the light fades slowly from the sky.
In the centre, and at either end of the triple-coloured roof, is one of those crown-shaped spires so common in all state and ecclesiastical buildings in Siam.
The Castle soared vaguely through the grey mist; the irregular line of roofs and spires crowning the ridge threw itself up vaguely against a darker grey behind.
Through leafy windows they saw the blue Hudson, the spires and manor-houses, the young city, on the Island.
There was a break in the snowdrift, and I saw to my astonishment a church dome and spires which vanished in a moment.
They saw Mount Tabor with a grey head, and two mountains like spires which stood separate and apart.
When the great wave of church building came over the land, after the conclusion of the Wars of the Roses, then no more spires were erected, but towers with buttresses, and battlemented and pinnacled square heads.
More picturesque, though not so massive, are Hound Tor Rocks, that take their name from the extraordinary shapes, as of dogs' heads formed by the granite spires and projections.
Beer Head has suffered from landslips, and is broken intospires of rock in consequence.
Upon the right, the roofs and spires of the Old Town climb one above another to where the citadel prints its broad bulk and jagged crown of bastions on the western sky.
Spires and Gargoyles At first Amory noticed only the wealth of sunshine creeping across the long, green swards, dancing on the leaded window-panes, and swimming around the tops of spires and towers and battlemented walls.
Yet he knew that where now the spirit of spires and towers made him dreamily acquiescent, it would then overawe him.
Long after midnight the towers and spires of Princeton were visible, with here and there a late-burning light--and suddenly out of the clear darkness the sound of bells.
From the moon it rolled, clustered about the spires and towers, and then settled below them, so that the dreaming peaks were still in lofty aspiration toward the sky.
The lofty domes of the City Hall and a newspaper building, a few church spires and the great white-stone hotel on a crest not far from Isabel's, were the sole pretenders to architectural beauty within her ken.
The hills of Mendon diminished as often as I climbed other hills or succeeded in reaching the topmost spires of taller trees.
There I could see the church spires of Milford town, and beyond, the land fell away toward Bellingham.
Not a leaf stirred on the great elm; the trim spires of the Lombardy poplars had folded their limbs upward to rest, as sometimes one does his arms.
The most decorated of these lead spires in England--although not very large--is at East Harling in Norfolk.
Lead, where used to incase wood tracery, as in the open work of spires or dormers, was secured by means of laps and rolls without solder so that it was free to expand and contract.
Low square spires at Ottery St. Mary are good examples of lead texture for those who see some beauty in the jointing of the armour of a tortoise.
In some spires in Norfolk, about Cromer, two or three feet of the leading is omitted, thus forming an open band through which the timbering and a bell hung here may be seen.
There are two other spires of village churches in the neighbourhood at Braunton and Swymbridge.
This group of three great leaded spires crowning the Hill-city must have been one of the most wonderful the whole world over.
The finest of the English spires now existing constructed of timber and sheeted with lead is that of Long Sutton in Lincolnshire, the highest, oldest, and most perfect.
English in character, while on the other hand it is a northern representative of a class of bulbous spires which are as much cupolas as spires, and were probably often intended as fantastic domes.
Near the church is the New Market, with the very charming old weigh-house with little extinguisher spires called the St. Anthonysveeg.
From the high points one sees inland not only Haarlem, just below, but the domes and spires of Amsterdam beyond.
Every one is agreed that Hoorn should be approached by water, because it rises from the sea like an enchanted city of the East, with its spires and its Harbour Tower beautifully unreal.
The outline of thehills, the castle, the arches of the bridge, and the spires and roofs of the town were as strongly marked as if cut out of pasteboard.
Not a twig stirred; the tall spires were black, and motionless, and solemn, and he felt that their stateliness emphasized his own feebleness and inconsequence.
Beyond the delicate green foliage, untouched by any thought of autumn, the towers and spires of the glorious city rose above red and gray roofs.
On threescore spires had sunset shone, Where ghastly sunrise looked on none.
The reservoirs of grain, the vast hotels, and the spires of churches appear for a moment through the glare, then melt away into ashes.
Then lift once more thy towers on high, And fret with spires the western sky, To tell that God is yet with us, And love is still miraculous!
The birch is common on the lower slopes and is very effective, its round, leafy, pale-green head contrasting with the dark, narrow spires of the conifers and giving a striking character to the forest.
The view of the ice-cliffs, pinnacles, spires and ridges was very telling, a magnificent picture of nature's power and industry and love of beauty.
Leaving the main trunk, it breaks into a magnificent uproar of pinnacles and spires and up-heaving, splashing wave-shaped masses, a crystal cataract incomparably greater and wilder than a score of Niagaras.
It was the fourth day when we caught sight of the spires of Cincinatti--near the evening.
On approaching the city, our straining eyes first caught sight of the gilded, glittering domes and spires of the great cathedrals and churches with which it is so abundantly supplied.
The brazen gates unfolded themselves as if with hope and pleasure; and aerial voices swept around the spires and turrets, congratulating the genius of the place, it might be, upon the expected approach of its deliverer.
We shall tell the tale just as Brother Onufrio would tell it, beginning with the day in the first year of his residence in Hongkong when the crosses were placed on the spires of the dome of the cathedral.
It stands in the very shadow of the cathedral, the tall spires of which, towering to the heavens, tell us in which direction to turn our steps to find it.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "spires" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
