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- noun Plural form of
clocktower .
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Examples
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The building is all the more surreal for its setting amid the stern gray clocktowers and church steeples of Metz, chosen for its strategic location near France's borders with Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium.
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These people are a vital component of our mental health, because these people talk us down from the clocktowers we threaten to throw ourselves off of.
seanan_mcguire: Bear caves and briar patches. seanan_mcguire 2009
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We don't refer to Charles Whitman as "brave" even though "timid men don't climb into clocktowers and shoot people".
"We welcome and accept Will Smith's statement that Hitler was a 'vicious killer.'" Ann Althouse 2007
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Dave Striver loved the university – its ivy-covered clocktowers, its ancient and sturdy brick, and its sun-splashed verdant greens and eager youth.
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The castle contains a somewhat predictable array of gothic hallways, spiralling clocktowers, and skull-lined catacombs, but you never really need to take a moment to admire how good it looks.
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance Post-Mortem Greg Tannahill 2006
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The castle contains a somewhat predictable array of gothic hallways, spiralling clocktowers, and skull-lined catacombs, but you never really need to take a moment to admire how good it looks.
Archive 2006-06-01 Greg Tannahill 2006
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The building is all the more surreal for its setting amid the stern gray clocktowers and church steeples of Metz, chosen for its strategic location near Germany, Luxembourg and
WTVM - 1- WTVM Home 2010
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Maybe clocktowers and gothic spires and beautiful brick work are commonplace in Garden City, to the point where one building won't be missed.
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