How to Use skyline in a Sentence

skyline

noun
  • The Cincinnati icon sign glows from afar as part of the city's western skyline.
    Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The cranes in the skyline and the construction teams at the airport – to today’s kids, that’s the starting point.
    From Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Driving through the cut in the hill after a long trip and seeing that skyline 2.
    Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 3 May 2023
  • Runners in a park in front of the city skyline at sunrise in Sydney.
    Alice Uribe, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Vidal fell hard for those views of the Boston skyline and the sunsets.
    Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Inside, a wall of windows gives guests a gorgeous view of the skyline.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Three decks, three DJs, two floors of music are all set against the Portland skyline.
    oregonlive, 30 Aug. 2023
  • At first glance, the view seems to be from atop Piestewa Peak looking south toward the downtown skyline.
    Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 1 Feb. 2023
  • The New York City skyscraper lit up the skyline with light blue, the color of its hometown hockey team.
    Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 15 Jan. 2024
  • See downtown skyline glow red As the sun sets, enjoy the Kansas City skyline lit for the Chiefs.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Chicagoans have lived it in the last few months: days with hazy skylines, a smoky breeze that burns the eyes and endless air quality alerts.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Wildfire smoke obscures the view of the skyline in Chicago, on Thursday.
    Denise Chow, NBC News, 30 June 2023
  • Compass The skyline and both the East and Hudson Rivers are visible from the triplex apartment.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The Dallas skyline is the backdrop for three soccer fields on the edge of the Dallas Farmers Market.
    Dallas News, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The film opens as a car cruises along the highway at night, the Río skyline across the waterway as soft music trails the travel.
    Holly Jones, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The Paris skyline — including the Eiffel Tower — can be seen in the background.
    Maria Pasquini, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Children lighted the dark skyline with their fawanees, or lanterns, and men and women headed to the mosque for the evening taraweeh prayers, a fixture of the holy month.
    Laila El-Haddad, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
  • That said, the view of the Manhattan skyline from its prime location on the rooftop of The Hoxton certainly doesn't hurt.
    Cristina Corvino, Town & Country, 31 July 2023
  • The Bangkok skyline is known for its towering skyscrapers, and a good number of them have rooftop bars that range in style and budget.
    Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2023
  • In her Instagram post, the proud mother could be seen gazing and smiling at her son in a stroller against the New York City skyline.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
  • And in Detroit, smoke could be seen lingering over the Downtown skyline.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
  • For some, progress looks like Long Island City’s growing skyline.
    Travis Diehl, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
  • In the distance was the Austin skyline, vast and cold and depressingly homogenous in the silvered light.
    Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
  • As the race progressed, the cars picked up the pace and the city’s skyline slowly emerged from the clouds, but the collisions continued, bringing out a bevy of yellow flags.
    Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2023
  • Over the Phoenix skyline on Friday, residents may have spotted a hazy mist.
    Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 21 July 2023
  • At first glance, the view seems to be from atop Piestewa Peak, a 2,608-foot mountain within city bounds, looking south toward the downtown skyline.
    Taylor Seely, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Seeing the historic smokestacks pop out overtop the trees is almost like spotting the Cincinnati skyline when driving through the cut in the hill.
    The Enquirer, 27 July 2023
  • Across three dozen movies, the titanic lizard has leveled city skylines with its atomic ray.
    Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The filmmakers set Franklin up in a posh chair in front of a big window with drawn shades refracting translucent skyline.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Enjoy favorite flicks plus views of the downtown skyline at this outdoor venue, which reopened for the season this week.
    The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2023

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