Obelisk

//ˈɔbəlɪsk//

"Obelisk" in a Sentence (7 examples)

The Lateran Obelisk is the largest standing Egyptian obelisk in the world.

What is an obelisk?

The obelisk at the front commemorates those who died with no known graves.

That's a beautiful obelisk!

"The clay envelope is Sumerian. It is from the third millennium B.C. It was dug up from the city of Eridu is southern Iraq. The black stele or obelisk is the Code of Hammurabi, which dates from about 1750 B.C.

The Washington Monument is often described as an obelisk, and sometimes even as a "true obelisk," even though it is not. A true obelisk is a monolith, a pylon formed out of a single piece of stone.

Dragonflies that spend the day in full sun may obelisk to minimize the sunlight striking the body. An obelisking dragonfly looks like it's doing a headstand[…]

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