How to Use Corinthian in a Sentence

Corinthian

adjective
  • Why even bother with the Corinthian coral?
    — Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
  • There was no talk of Corinthian columns or gold leaf accents.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Framed by a lagoon and Corinthian colonnades, its Beaux-Arts grandeur evokes that of ancient Rome.
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The female warrior is depicted with a Corinthian helmet carrying a trident and olive branch in each hand.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The columns that will support the ballroom’s south colonnade have Corinthian capitals, the most ornate type of decorative top for a column.
    — Kevin D. Murphy, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
  • As the beautiful Corinthian columns of electronic music, the bands — being combined as a singular project — gave rise to an entire genre.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The building’s limestone and stucco exterior is badly cracked, and four of the Corinthian pillars in the colonnade are close to fracturing.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
  • At a tiny piazza near the water, two magnificent Corinthian columns stand atop a staircase as honorific harbor monuments.
    — Erica Firpo, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The head of a federal arts commission is proposing the more ornate Corinthian style for the nearly 200-year-old columns at the building’s front entrance.
    — Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Saturday night, close to three-decades later, Fleetwood donned a golden Corinthian helmet and joined this year’s edition of the Trojan Band at halftime to play the tune.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The original cement floors have been stripped and waxed and the Corinthian capitals atop the columns, which had been covered by several layers of paint, have been stripped to reveal the original concrete details.
    — Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Its 118-foot pediments would be the largest in Washington and its seventy-two Corinthian columns were each over 53 feet high and weighed 95 tons.
    — Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
  • Something about a Corinthian column radiates trustworthiness.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 12 Nov. 2025
  • The altar was flanked by two twelve-foot-high columns of green marble topped by Corinthian capitals supporting a larger, curved pediment, next to which were two oversize American flags set into floor stands.
    — Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
  • Corinthian columns, with their acanthus leaves and richer ornament, signal display, monumentality, and theatrical grandeur.
    — Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 6 May 2026
  • The ballroom will also feature gold chandeliers, an ornate coffered ceiling, Greek Corinthian columns and tall, arched windows on each wall, in addition to room for a number of round tables and gold chairs.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
  • The Temple of Hadrian, a modest-sized Corinthian-style structure facing Curetes Street, is among the most elegant buildings in Ephesus.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Those in need of a 12-foot Corinthian pillar, elaborate crown moldings, or a rococo ceiling medallion should place their orders ASAP.
    — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 12 June 2026
  • McCrery had introduced the Corinthian order to the ballroom entrance, projecting a grandiosity above and beyond that of the main house, which uses the more modest and domestic Ionic order.
    — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Past a circular motor court, a host of elegant design features present themselves, from its stone and limestone facade, where a towering arched doorway tucked into a portico embellished with Corinthian columns makes for a grand entrance to the home, to its mansard roof.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Visitors enter through 2nd-century Hadrian’s Arch and find the Temple of Zeus, the Hippodrome, the Temple of Artemis and a forum ringed by 56 Corinthian columns.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
  • Underneath the temple’s Corinthian columns, three subterranean pipelines from Arroyo de la Laguna, Alameda Creek and Pleasanton supplied half of San Francisco’s water supply during the early 20th century.
    — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The grand walled Greco-Roman settlement is entered through 2nd-century Hadrian’s Arch and includes the Temple of Zeus, the Hippodrome, the Temple of Artemis and the Forum’s oval colonnade of 56 Corinthian columns.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2026

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