Doric

Example Sentences

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A portico with muscular Doric columns doubles as a terrace, as if Von Stuck had built himself a temple rather than a mere home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

The models weaved their way through the 86 Doric columns that hold up a vaulted square in the center of the park that overlooks Barcelona and the Mediterranean Sea in the distance.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2024

The play is in English but a few of the characters speak with a north-east dialect, and some, including Mina, have dialogue in Doric.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2023

This is because, as a druid, Doric has an ability to shape-shift into beasts known as Wild Shape.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2023

The old colonial bungalow with its deep verandah and Doric columns, was surrounded by smaller, older, wooden houses—ancestral homes—that the hotel chain had bought from old families and transplanted in the Heart of Darkness.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy