Corinthian

Example Sentences

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He has also hinted at changes to the North Portico's 200-year-old columns -- which are in the Ionic style and not his preferred, more ornate Corinthian style -- and have recently been covered by scaffolding.

From Barron's • Jul. 6, 2026

Guests on the Orient Express Corinthian ship have access to custom tailoring as well as a library with 1,500 books.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

The building’s fluted Corinthian columns are right at home in neoclassical Washington, but they aren’t a match with the rest of the White House, with its simpler, smooth columns and Ionic capitals.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2025

Dug sits upright on the limo’s black Corinthian leather seat, flanked by crystal liquor decanters on one side and a TV and VCR on the other.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2025

Its base was a mammoth marble neoclassical museum, complete with Corinthian pillars and carved entablature.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides