How to Use finial in a Sentence

finial

noun

• String the wood finials onto the remaining rope at the top.
  — Mallory Abreu, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• Insert the rod in its brackets, screw on finials and let the curtain fall.
  — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 16 Oct. 2019
• Don't start with an 8-inch finial and get stuck with no stacking room for your fabric.
  — Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 27 Feb. 2018
• Over the door a limestone balcony has a stone railing with balusters and finials.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 9 May 2020
• Drapery finials were turned into new door knobs for Parisian flair.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 26 May 2023
• The racks were so tall in one corner that the finial of an ornate chandelier cleared it by inches.
  — New York Times, 4 Mar. 2021
• Plant stands, stone finials, and fountains decorate green spaces that guests will want to get lost in.
  — Michaela Bechler, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2018
• Wooden ceramic molds float on a kitchen wall, and bronze finials perch like cupcakes under a glass cake dome.
  — Kathleen Hackett, ELLE Decor, 29 June 2010
• Inside the main lodge are carvings of bears and raccoons for banister finials, a bison head presiding from high up on the great room’s walls.
  — Alec Scott, Sunset Magazine, 22 Jan. 2018
• The glass globes looked like fancy vases topped by a ventilator finial to keep oxygen feeding the flame inside.
  — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 14 July 2018
• With its unique shape and bold color, this glass finial makes a classic yet modern topper that'll give charm to any evergreen, faux or real.
  — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 30 Nov. 2022
• One finial, or spire top, plummeted hundreds of feet into a shrub below, while two others also broke off their spires.
  — Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2021
• The glass finial appears to be original to the lamp, which was originally offered with a variety of parchment shades.
  — oregonlive, 5 Apr. 2023
• There’s outdoor space aplenty: a walled backyard, a roof with views, and a front garden with an original ironwork fence whose finials mimic pinecones.
  — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 21 Apr. 2023
• The President, the Vice President, and many federal agencies use an eagle finial.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2022
• Man Ray designed this set in 1920 to honor his close friend, with typically fanciful touches (the knight is a violin finial).
  — Roberta Smith, Randy Kennedy and Ted Loos, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2016
• Callahan regards his work re-carving the old finial crafted by one of the cathedral’s early carvers as a valuable learning experience.
  — Marjorie Hunt, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 July 2020
• Some stations’ wooden window frames are beveled, some roofs have finials, and some rounded arches are replaced with ever-so-slightly pointed arches.
  — Peter Christensen, Smithsonian, 24 Apr. 2018
• Inspired by an antique architectural finial, this tree's silver topper is a nod to the Southern cottages and historic homes that dot our rural landscape.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2023
• Grandmother’s table has at least seven: a chamfered-corner marble top, palmette edge, carved arabesque apron, winged maiden supports, finial topped X-stretcher and paw feet.
  — Jane Alexiadis, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2017
• There is, for instance, a twinkling chess set made entirely from crystal, and a thick crystal crescent that was later taken to Europe and incorporated into the finial of a priest’s chair.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 21 Mar. 2018
• The homeowner decided to resurrect the historic fence, which features finials modeled after a Catholic bishop's crozier.
  — Sarah Bonnette, NOLA.com, 9 May 2018
• The Frozen tower, for instance, features an icy blue shingled roof reminiscent of Elsa’s magical powers and is topped with a three-dimensional snowflake finial.
  — Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Dec. 2020
• Today, Franklin’s lightning rods are known by many names: air terminals, finials, lightning conductors, or strike-termination devices among them.
  — Robin Tricoles, The Atlantic, 31 Aug. 2017
• For such a long-unsolved case, the investigation is surprisingly active into the disappearance of the artworks, which include paintings, a Chinese vase and a 19th century finial of an eagle.
  — Nina Siegal, Bloomberg.com, 20 June 2017
• There are doors and windows, architectural columns and decorative finials, balusters and spindles, as well as bins of hinges, drawer pulls and other hardware from whatever time period one desires.
  — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 4 May 2018
• The church, designed by local architect J.W. Gaddis, retains many of its original, ornate features, including limestone accents and decorative metal finials.
  — USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2019
• On the Mulan tower, architectural elements like a cherry blossom motif, jade ornamentation, and crossed golden spears symbolize Mulan’s fearless warrior spirit—and the dragon Mushu playfully stands atop her tower, using her finial as a gong.
  — Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Dec. 2020

Last Updated: 25 Aug 2024