How to Use belfry in a Sentence

belfry

noun

• Even the minaret is buried in the belfry of the church.
  — Michael Snyder, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2022
• Beyond was the belfry of the cathedral, in which the minaret of the old mosque had been buried.
  — Aatish Taseer Richard Mosse, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2022
• The bell was installed in the church’s belfry in 1819, a decade after the church first opened.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2021
• His only friends are the statues and gargoyles in the belfry, who come to life in his mind.
  — Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, 27 Feb. 2018
• The belfry of Cagsawa’s stone church still juts from the ground in an eerie reminder of Mayon’s fury.
  — Time, 23 Jan. 2018
• The belfry of Cagsawa’s stone church still juts out from the ground in an eerie reminder of Mayon’s fury.
  — Jim Gomez, The Seattle Times, 22 Jan. 2018
• On Thursday, the men again climbed the curving staircases, then two ladders to reach the belfry.
  — Lynn Ischay, cleveland.com, 27 May 2017
• The 1,500-pound bell was hoisted into the belfry of the church’s steeple more than two-and-a-half years after it was removed for restorations.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2021
• Visitors can also climb up to the belfry for views over the town and the sites of the surrounding battlefields.
  — Smithsonian, 26 May 2017
• Visitors can also climb up to the belfry for views over the town and the sites of the surrounding battlefields.
  — Smithsonian, 26 May 2017
• The church is scarred by rockets and shells, but the golden dome above its blasted belfry still gleams in the fading autumn light.
  — Elena Becatoros, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Sep. 2022
• A minute later the crowd that remained erupted in applause – the belfry was complete.
  — Peter Demarco, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2022
• Two bells that were previously in the belfry will be displayed at the ground level, the village said.
  — Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 24 Nov. 2019
• The old belfry clock’s gears, levers and chains look like the world’s most complicated bicycle.
  — Anne Kadet, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2018
• And, most recently, the raising of the belfry almost didn’t happen.
  — Peter Demarco, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2022
• From the top of the bell tower on nearby Torcello there are sensational views over the lagoon to the sea on one side, and the famous belfry in St. Mark's Square on the other.
  — Pamela McCourt Francescone, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2021
• In 1789, the church added a two level square brick tower complete with an octagonal belfry capped by a tall weather vane.
  — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 11 Sep. 2021
• In fact, Rydell says, attics and belfries make excellent roosts for the flying mammals.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 9 Aug. 2017
• The belfry is raised at the reconstructed old Boon Street Church in Narragansett, which is being made into condos.
  — Peter Demarco, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2022
• Looking up, there was another 20-foot ladder, this one slightly more unsteady, leading to a narrow hatch opening to the belfry.
  — al, 14 Nov. 2019
• Inside the 225-foot north tower, flames were beginning to lick at the wooden belfry, which not only holds its massive bells but also helps support the tower’s stone arches.
  — Nick Kostov, WSJ, 17 Apr. 2019
• The blaze, whose cause was linked to renovation work, damaged much of the nearly thousand-year-old cathedral, though both iconic belfry towers were, luckily, saved.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 18 June 2019
• Nearby, Markt square features a 13th-century belfry with a 47-bell carillon and tower with panoramic views.
  — Lea Lane, Forbes, 29 May 2021
• The ropes were attached to eight bells hanging in a belfry, and the adults were working hard to create the glorious and constantly changing cascade of notes that rang out over Center City Philadelphia.
  — Jon Hurdle, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2017
• The belfry now itself is a near-Victorian image, full of gigantic wheels, towering brick walls and hippo-sized bells.
  — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 23 Dec. 2021
• The church belfry in Herxheim now joins a number of other German sites with some Nazi affiliation that have been converted to a makeshift memorial.
  — Amy B Wang, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2018
• The tourist office has created a virtual tour of the historic belfry, currently inaccessible to those unable to climb stairs, and is looking to create tours of the city in sign language.
  — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2021
• Apparently intended to eventually have twin belfries and a domed roof, the chapel was never completed and today is a mere skeleton that sits open to the elements.
  — Robert Kolarik, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2018
• Herxheim am Berg’s new mayor, Georg Welker, didn’t fare much better in his attempt to avoid controversy while advocating that the bell remain in the church belfry as a memorial to the Nazis’s victims.
  — Amy B Wang, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2018
• Come evening, climb the spiral staircase to the belfry of San Francisco Javier church, a particularly gorgeous (and economical, at €1/$1.14 admission) perch to watch the sunset over the terra cotta rooftops.
  — Benjamin Kemper, CNT, 11 July 2017

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