How to Use plaza in a Sentence

plaza

noun
  • They put his statue in the town's plaza.
  • The tour starts at 10:30 a.m. in The Beast entry plaza.
    Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The roof slants all the way down to the broad plaza, doubling as a ramp.
    James Stewart, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2022
  • The plaza was first carved out as a public space in 2012.
    Priya Krishna, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Aztec dancers practiced in the plaza throughout the years as most of the busts looked on.
    Gustavo Arellanocolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The draft will occur in the plaza outside of Union Station.
    Adam England, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The mosque was built on the southern part of the plaza in the early 8th century A.D.
    Claire Parker, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Tokyo Foods and Uncle Yip's are next-door to each other in the same plaza.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Faith Pinho: The house is across the street from a shopping plaza and a nightclub.
    The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
  • The part of the arts corridor with the civic plaza will be known as the Upper Ramble.
    Stacy Ryburn, arkansasonline.com, 22 July 2024
  • The next morning, the first camera crews were staking out their spots in the grassy plaza across the street from City Hall.
    Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Just northeast of the plaza is a hilltop park with a cross that gets some of the best sunset views in town.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Others danced to music or ran across the plaza to hug a friend who just showed up.
    Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The new location is at the western end of the plaza, a former bank space.
    cleveland, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Also, note free dance lessons will be offered on the plaza on Aug. 16.
    Marla Jo Fisher, Orange County Register, 31 July 2024
  • Over the years, the plaza became home to a weekend farmers market.
    Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023
  • So the plaza charged ahead, scheduling nine events through late March.
    James Wagner Luis Antonio Rojas, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The only wrench in the plan has been trying to get permits to put up the big screen and set up the outdoor plaza.
    Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 25 June 2024
  • So last year, the five blocks of open streets on 31st Avenue were reduced to two, and the area became more of a plaza.
    Winnie Hu, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2022
  • In June, the BBJ reported the restaurant group leased 4,860 square feet of space in the retail plaza.
    Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The Forum gaped at you, a faux Hellenic garage opening on a bleached plaza.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Videos show her sleeping in a tent in the plaza and talking with families from the camp.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2022
  • Head to the park's main plaza to watch break dancers, musicians, and quinceñeras collide.
    Kylie Madry, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2023
  • The new sculpture, which is about half the size of the Chicago version, has not been placed in a public plaza.
    Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The statue is the centerpiece of a new $1.6 million plaza.
    John Branch, New York Times, 2 May 2024
  • The late Noguchi also designed the plaza's pièce de résistance: the iconic Dodge Fountain.
    Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Just a year ago, Sophia Square in Kyiv was all about the big Christmas tree and thousands of lights spreading over the plaza.
    Hanna Arhirova, ajc, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Nearly all of the shade trees have been cleared for the replanted public plaza though.
    Louisa Chu, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The images revealed two large settlements dotted with watchtowers, fortresses, complex buildings, plazas and pathways that tens of thousands of people may have called home.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
  • In the imposing central plaza, surrounded by elegant shops and spiral staircases, an instructor led dance groups.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'plaza.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: