How to Use skyscraper in a Sentence

skyscraper

noun
  • The Dallas Morning News looks back on the rise and fall of the city’s first skyscraper.
    — Spencer Bevis, Dallas News, 26 Sep. 2021
  • An asteroid the size of a skyscraper is about to make a close pass to Earth.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Fuhr advanced two bases on the play and scored on Brown’s skyscraper.
    — Craig Clary, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2023
  • At the top of a skyscraper with his name on it, Reginald surveys the city.
    — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 June 2022
  • Some who seek to push the bounds of what’s possible try to build the tallest skyscraper.
    — Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2021
  • The third base is on a skyscraper building in the commercial area.
    — Charles Infosino, The Enquirer, 15 Jan. 2023
  • The brass glared like a reflection off a skyscraper’s skin.
    — Vulture, 22 May 2023
  • Fort Worth’s tallest skyscraper has sold to a New York investor.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 26 Apr. 2021
  • That’s enough on the high end to fit a decent-sized skyscraper lying on its side.
    — Steven Litt, cleveland, 1 May 2021
  • Erecting the highest skyscraper gave caché to Met Life.
    — Audrey Wachs, Curbed, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Aramark ran the observation deck near the top of the skyscraper.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023
  • In the center of Kyiv, just a skyscraper, like a business center.
    — Steve Knopper, Billboard, 25 Feb. 2022
  • At last count, KPF, as the firm is known, had designed more than 250 skyscrapers around the globe, including some of the tallest.
    — Paul Goldberger, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The race to build the next downtown Dallas skyscraper is heating up.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 16 July 2021
  • Because the first few floors of the skyscraper had high ceilings and glass storefronts, the heat rose rapidly.
    — Carlie Porterfield, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021
  • The asteroid is more than half a mile wide, or about the height of the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai.
    — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Downtown skyscrapers glittered in the sun and, beyond that, the ocean looked golden.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Some have risked their lives by taking snaps of themselves hanging from a cliff or from the side of a skyscraper.
    — cleveland, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The quake also caused a skyscraper in Bangkok, Thailand, to collapse.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Tom Cruise has hung off the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai and dangled from the wing of a plane thousands of feet above the earth.
    — Ty Burr, Washington Post, 27 May 2022
  • Ahead of the Grammy Awards held at Crypto.com Arena, dozens of floors of the skyscraper were tagged with colorful spray paint.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The couple and the kids jetted to New York City at one point, as seen in a picture of Rocky looking at skyscrapers.
    — Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2024
  • Dubai, known for having the world's largest skyscraper and largest mall, has done it again by opening the world's deepest dive pool.
    — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 9 July 2021
  • Its wide roads and low brick-and-mortar shops are a sharp contrast to the skyscrapers of Manhattan.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 29 June 2024
  • Ethan Hunt had just jumped off a helicopter down through a skyscraper.
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 15 June 2022
  • DeGrasse recommends the rooftop of a building or skyscraper or even on top of a bridge.
    — Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2021
  • And shorter buildings — not skyscrapers — account for the most bird deaths.
    — Tracey Tully, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
  • One of the videos showed a jumper leaping from the corner of a skyscraper that is under construction.
    — Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2021
  • In another shot, the dad of three posed in front of the futuristic skyscrapers while Liam stood in the background.
    — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The decor is more comforting than mind-blowing, but there’s a lovely terrace area that’s nestled in amongst the skyscrapers.
    — Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025

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