skyline

skyline
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ dramatic
▪ city, downtown (AmE)
▪ Manhattan, Tokyo, etc.
▪ northern, western, etc.
VERB + SKYLINE
▪ dominate, fill
▪

The skyline is dominated by a power station.

▪ change
▪

These buildings have already changed skylines from Los Angeles to Hong Kong.

▪ break
▪

The skyline is broken by a water tower.

PREPOSITION
▪ across the skyline
▪

small white clouds sweeping gently across the skyline

▪ against the skyline
▪

the moving figures he could see against the skyline

▪

lights against along the Beirut skyline

▪ below the skyline
▪

The sun slipped below the skyline.

▪ on the skyline
▪

There are many construction cranes on the skyline.

▪ over skyline
▪

Clouds of smoke floated over the skyline.

PHRASES
▪ a view of the skyline
▪

The roof commands a spectacular view of the skyline.


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