Example sentences for: greek

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

  • From 1506 to 1626, it changed from the simple ground plan of a Greek cross, with four arms of equal length, as favored by Bramante and his arch-enemy Michelangelo, to the final form of Maderno’s Latin cross extended by a long nave, as demanded by the popes of the Counter-Reformation.

  • The most famous of these is the Doryphorus (Spear-carrier) of Polycletus, second in fame among Greek sculptors only to Phidias.

  • Children are welcomed all over the Greek islands, and they will be fussed over and indulged in cafés and restaurants.

  • Even the remnants we have from early languages that had a writing system are relatively sparse: Classical Latin and Greek, Hebrew, and a few other languages are better documented than others; but for most all we have to go on are a handful of tablets here, a few inscriptions there, barely enough in many cases to allow us to identify the language, let alone draw any conclusions regarding its structure or meaning.

  • The Greek version reads “the virgin,” being more explicit than the Hebr.


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