Example sentences for: boustrophedon

How can you use “boustrophedon” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • That word boustrophedon describes writing that goes from left to right on the first line, then right to left on the second, then left to right on the third, and so on; it comes from a Greek word describing the turning in a field of an ox and plow.

  • "You're thinking of boustrophedon ," he replied at once.

  • The word boustrophedon is used to describe inscriptions that run as the ox ploughs (left to right, then right to left, and back again).


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