slender columns

collocation in English

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slender
adjective
uk
/ˈslen.dər/us
/ˈslen.dɚ/
thin and delicate, often in a way that ...
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column
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒl.əm/us
/ˈkɑː.ləm/
one of several vertical blocks of print into which a page of a newspaper or magazine ...
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(Definition ofslenderandcolumnfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Textured elevations, poised on slender columns, animated by variation within.
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The entrance is through a porch supported with slender columns with a slightly projecting bay.
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It has a gabled roof encompassing full-length galleries, front and rear, on slender columns.
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The portal consists of a pointed arch with a triple recess flanked by three slender columns on each side.
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Some of the statuettes of saints attached to the slender columns of the canopy are modeled with much grace and even dignity of form.
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These long spikes are with 812 stamens inserted pseudo-umbellately on slender columns 10to15 mm long.
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There are slender columns flanking the choir window, which give elegance to the abbey church.
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A single story porch with slender columns and decorative woodwork valances extends across the front to the right of the projecting section.
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The porch is supported by clusters of slender columns, with a projecting central section framing the main entrance, which has leaded glass sidelight windows.
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The vertical zones would be divided up by geometric motifs or bases, or slender columns of foliage hung around candelabra.
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Its three arches are supported by slender columns with a central mullion.
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In each of the third and fourth storeys of the east bays are three pairs of arched, two-light windows with slender columns between each pair.
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The interior is divided into many aisles and bays by slender columns, which culminate in numerous arches that support the roof.
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Two underpasses connect to the seven platforms, which have fine canopies supported by slender columns.
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There were two rows of ten slender columns which supported a second row of columns (the gallery) and two lateral staircases which led to the roofspace.
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Compression and post-tensioned bridges, steel cables hidden within the building's walls, and six slender columns together support the imposing 4,000-ton cantilevered courtroom block, which projects over the entrance.
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