How to Use monument in a Sentence

monument

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  • They have erected a monument in his honor.
  • And Horn Cloud led the effort to erect a stone monument on the site in 1903.
    — Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, 20 Oct. 2023
  • For a change of pace, try checking out the monuments at night.
    — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 29 June 2023
  • The monument includes the names of all Texas Golf Hall of Fame inductees.
    — Mark Kazlowski, Dallas News, 7 May 2023
  • The monument also serves as the starting point for a hike straight to Isaac Bay.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2023
  • This monument was a gift to Iceland from the United States in 1929.
    — Danuta Hamlin, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • On the face of the stone, 12 stars streak from left to right, leading toward a metal star that sits atop the monument.
    — Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The ovoo is a monument to the spirits of the natural world, known here as nagas and savdags.
    — Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • At the foot of the small stone monument are gifts: feathers, stones, necklaces, shells and flowers.
    — oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The monument to grief on the National Mall was never built to last.
    — Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
  • This weekend, the world’s greatest monument to love sits atop a hill on Route 1 in Saugus.
    — Lindsay Crudele, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The Fort Worth of the 1800s, a hub of livestock trading and a living monument to cowboy culture, hasn’t died.
    — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The monument that's in the center of town, there are several others.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Now a monument will be built in downtown to honor the victims of this massacre.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
  • Since joining the Times 36 years ago, Plaschke has been lucky to witness some human moments from the monument.
    — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023
  • Yet still the monument remained, despite weekly protests from the group Take ’Em Down Jax and others.
    — Lori Rozsa, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The monument will span three sites across two states, each one dedicated to a different part of the tragedy.
    — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2023
  • The rooftop at Hôtel Dame des Arts boasts panoramic views of major monuments.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Since 1998, the monument stood on the campus of the University of Hong Kong, where students scrubbed and cleaned it each year on the anniversary of the massacre.
    — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Though the claim is false, there is precedent for changing the monument's appearance.
    — Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 7 June 2023
  • In March, the city unveiled the monument and issued an apology.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2024
  • This Mamba trio will be a monument to Tinseltown excess and poor taste in front of the arena.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The monument is a cylindrical mount on which there are 32 other life-size figures.
    — Heather Hunter, Washington Examiner, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Last week, a 52-year-old woman was attacked while jogging just a mile west of the monument at Hudson River Park.
    — Jay Valle, NBC News, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The next stop is Dubuque, Iowa, where guests can appreciate a mix of monuments, nature, and local wines.
    — Stacey Zable, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2023
  • And while Walnut Canyon is a stunning site, the monument also protects the remains of ancient cliff dwellings, which were built into the rock.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Most of the Red Army monuments in Germany are believed to have been built above the graves of Soviet soldiers or prisoners of war.
    — Ekaterina Bodyagina, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The house is a monument to the family’s grandeur, teeming with valuable art and artifacts.
    — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The display was set up around the Soldiers and Sailors monument, and was unveiled in a ceremony on Thursday.
    — Sarah Roberts, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2023
  • The monument makes no mention of the play that relegated Merkle to baseball infamy.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023

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