pergola

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Recent Examples of pergola North Coast Church paid $9,500 for lumber, arbors, benches, pergolas, garden fencing, monument signs and concrete, rocks, plants and paint supplies. Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025 Bakhshi suggests using it on wooden elements of your home, including decking, shutters, fences, pergolas, planters, and even outdoor furniture. Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2025 Specs: Carson 12-inch Rod Pendant $299 Rejuvenation This retro, industrial-style pendant will be a delightful dose of color to your patio or pergola. Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 24 Apr. 2025 All of the hotel’s light-colored finishes and shade-providing wooden pergolas act together to keep things cool. Elspeth Velten, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pergola
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pergola
Noun
  • While flat trellises might accent a wall and arbors may provide a covered archway to walk through, pergolas are usually larger and beckon you to sit and relax awhile.
    Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2025
  • If there's a silver lining to an otherwise senseless spate of arbor violence, Vejar said, the city now has an opportunity to diversify its urban forest.
    Vanessa Romo, NPR, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Additionally, there will be communal areas, roof terraces, floating gardens, and lots of greenery throughout.
    Adam Williams May 28, New Atlas, 28 May 2025
  • At the stable after the practice run, under fans suspended from its gabled roof, soldiers washed down the horses.
    Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • The 7 x 7-foot canopy can fit two to four adults and offers UPF 50 protection.
    Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 May 2025
  • This option is 20 inches long when closed, but the canopy spans a whopping 50 inches.
    Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • Game Warden Creech determined that the bear was able to climb up a ladder outside and squeezed through an opening into the attic of the residence before falling through the ceiling and directly into the residence below, authorities said.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 27 May 2025
  • Think glossy oak flooring, coffered ceilings, and custom millwork.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • Thousands of children are starving as Netanyahu refuses to allow food into the area where refugees are housed in tents because most of the infrastructure has been destroyed.
    Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 27 May 2025
  • Bear in mind, a tent does not protect you from lightning.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • All around the bower the bird scatters small objects – shells, pieces of plastic, flower petals – which all possess the same property: the color blue.
    Shawn Simpson, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Like the bowers, the nests of the puffer fish are beautiful and involve mate attraction.
    Shawn Simpson, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Afterward, in a little forest awning, James K was set up next to the Casa del Lago.
    E.R. Pulgar, Pitchfork, 6 May 2025
  • Looking around the airy entryway with its glass walls, a sparkling light fixture mimicking branches sprawled across the ceiling and a marquee awning lined with globe light bulbs beckoned viewers into the massive auditorium.
    Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2025

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“Pergola.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pergola. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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