Example sentences for: corinthian

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

  • Take the walkway on the opposite side of the flyover from the baths and you will catch the incongruous sight of a dozen isolated Corinthian columns with a 1960s housing estate backdrop.

  • Notice the fine Corinthian capitals on the slender Greek marble columns.

  • It became Athens’ enemy when it sided with the Spartans during the devastating wars of the fourth century b.c. but the city recovered quickly from the defeat and had a second period of influence that began during the third century b.c. when Philip of Macedonia made it the capital of the Corinthian League.

  • Its façade of yellow sandstone is richly carved with a fine bell tower, and mock Corinthian columns dignifying each of the twin entranceways.

  • Some of the pillars come from an ancient Roman temple, with two Corinthian capitals serving as a lectern.


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