Example sentences for: doric

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

  • But the golden glow of the temples’ Doric columns and the idyllic setting amid acadia and almond trees on a precipice overlooking the Mediterranean are enough to encourage you to worship a whole pantheon of Greek gods.

  • Aberdonians have the Doric, with its quines girls and loons boys, Glaswegians bombard you with The Patter, famous for its infamous glottal stop and raw, street humor.

  • Of the 34 Doric columns only 15 are still in situ, and the ornate frieze on the pediment and entablature has been ravaged by the salty air, but the whole effect of the building combined with the setting — with beach on one side and sheer drop on the other — is magnificent.

  • To call the Scots tongue Doric (meaning broad or rustic) is to perpetuate the notion that it is the speech of uneducated country folk, an idea still endorsed by snobbish anglophiles in Scotland.

  • Make your way back to the coastal road via Eleftherná, site of an ancient Doric site that has contributed artifacts to the archaeological collection at Réthymnon, and Margarítes, a potter’s village where you will be able to watch the artisans in action and buy some pretty souvenirs.


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