Pillared

The reception was chattering away in the large formal area upstairs known as the pillared crowing-room. ❋ Francis, Dick (1997)

Out from this court they walked through a kind of pillared cloister, and the façades of the house as they passed on, were beautiful in pure simplicity of line; so white, they seemed to turn the sun on them to moonlight; so jewelled with bands and plaques of lovely tiles, that they were like snowy shoulders of a woman hung with necklaces of precious stones. ❋ Unknown (1901)

And we encountered other men, fiercer, bigger, who faced us on the beaches in open fight, showering us with spears and arrows, while the great tree drums and the little tom-toms rumbled and rattled war across the tree-filled hollows, and all the hills were pillared with signal - smokes. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Passengers off the Cremyll ferry stroll in the park beneath holm oaks and pass a pillared temple. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It was a square-pillared bungalow, clapboard and shake, the color of yellow gingham, with a steep pitched roof and a porch that looked out over a frigid but tranquil bay of brackish water. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They came to see his pillared legs, the jagged silicon penumbra of his collar bone, links of chain that merged with the tendons of his wrists. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sitka Charley, looking back, saw the pillared smoke of their fire, and guessed. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In my palace, I leave Medusa and my mother behind and pass through a pillared hall of shadows. ❋ Mira Bartók (2011)

In the center of the pillared gazebo-like structure beneath the opening in the roof is a pool of swirling meta-liquids. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hand in hand they ran down the path to the tree-pillared room. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The path of salvation for the emancipated host of black folk lay no longer through the kitchen door, with its wide hall and pillared veranda and flowered yard beyond. ❋ W.E.B. DU BOIS (2004)

That developer, who chiseled a Star of David over the pillared entrance to reveal original decorative detail, planned to convert the building into separate apartments. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And the smaller works dispersed among the pillared halls have the presence of characters escaping the main performance to speak for themselves. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The pillared entry emblazoned with the City Seal resembles a library or civic office building much more than what we think of for a detention facility. ❋ James Mejia (2010)

Merchants lived in elegant two-story villas set along zigzagging streets with pillared courtyards flanked by living and prayer rooms. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And so the four of them swam out through the now-submerged pillared entry hall, with the two children tethered to Jack for safety. ❋ MATTHEW REILLY (2010)

The first four and a half were wonderful: I loved my neighborhood, my beautiful bay windows, my cute non-working fireplace and pillared sleeping loft, and my apartment's high ceilings perfect for exhibiting art and tall bookcases. ❋ Unknown (2010)