Example sentences for: greek

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

  • In ancient times this was the spiritual center of the Greek world and people would travel by land or sea to consult the gods.

  • Many of them also talk of octopi, unaware that the “correct” Greek plural is octopodes or that the accepted anglicized one is octopuses, the simple English plural - s or - es , as in thesauruses, campuses, formulas, indexes, and memorandums.

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

  • The Latin, Greek, or Old English roots are readily discernible (though I cannot explain the -etz in the last case), and generate few if any metaphorical overtones.

  • At the same time, city-states began to grow in influence on the southern Greek mainland.


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