How to Use Doric in a Sentence

Doric

adjective
  • Doric columns and a wide front porch bring curb appeal to new heights.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Coles still has a neck like a Doric column and the forearms of someone who swings a sledgehammer 40 hours a week.
    — Dan Pompei, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Doric columns form the monumental Propylaea, which serves as a gateway to the Acropolis.
    — Helen Iatrou, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 June 2025
  • The conservatory, which is a beautiful blend of interior and exterior, can be recognized by its tall white Doric columns.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Stately Doric columns tower over the seating area on the front porch at The Athenian, a boutique inn that opened its doors in March 2025.
    — Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Visitors are not allowed to go to the island where Diana is buried, but they are allowed to trek into the Doric-style temple memorial built in July 1998.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 23 June 2026
  • Doric columns lend a sense of timeless elegance, the original chandelier still hangs from the embellished coffered ceiling, and two mezzanine library galleries overlook the room from either end—but the real showstopper is the art.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Sometime next summer, just in time for the nation’s 250th birthday, visitors will walk down West 76th Street near Central Park West and most likely fail to notice the new wall of granite stonework and Doric columns that replaced a low brick partition and an empty lot.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Other past lives included stints as the Nova-Park Gotham Hotel and Hotel Maxim’s de Paris—understandable, given the inarguable Beaux-Arts opulence to the Landmark building, with its limestone carvings, copper cornices, and Doric columns.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026

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