Example sentences for: byzantine

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

  • Cleverly integrating designs of Arab and Byzantine predecessors, the Norman palaces and churches join the crumbling grandeur of Spanish Baroque façades in momentary triumph over the chaos of the modern port city.

  • (The whole story is much more Byzantine than this.)

  • And while Slavs did move into the area around 500, when the Bulgarian Empire conquered the Balkans, the Serbs didn't gain control of Kosovo until the 12 th century, when a dynasty of their leaders known as the Nemanjids invaded it after a period of Byzantine rule.

  • Immediately next door to the Byzantine Museum is the War Museum, a modern building constructed during the military dictatorship.

  • Exploiting a natural genius for assimilating the useful elements of the local culture rather than indiscriminately imposing their own, they adopted Arab-style tax collectors and customs officials and Byzantine fleet-admirals for their navy.


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