Grecian is an English word with synonyms like greek or hellenic. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Grecian meaning
Greek (of or from Greece or the Greek people, especially those of Ancient Greece).
Using Grecian
- The main meaning on this page is: Greek (of or from Greece or the Greek people, especially those of Ancient Greece).
- Useful related words include: greek, hellenic, balkan country, balkan nation.
- In the example corpus, grecian often appears in combinations such as: the grecian, on grecian, grecian urn.
Context around Grecian
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Grecian
- In this selection, "grecian" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, chontelle, agile, white, urn, hunter and banquet stand out and add context to how "grecian" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include called the grecian style as and chontelle grecian and her. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "grecian" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with grecian
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Grecian Fire was in close attendance for show money. (9 words)
Christians/Christianity, apparently with its Grecian heritage, are in love with their bodies. (13 words)
Chontelle Grecian and her family are a part of their local Little Athletics club. (14 words)
Keats' letter to Benjamin Bailey, 22 November 1817 This passage would eventually be transmuted into the concluding lines of " Ode on a Grecian Urn ": " 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty' – that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know". (42 words)
Perhaps the greatest odes of the 19th century, however, were Keats's Five Great Odes of 1819, which included " Ode to a Nightingale ", " Ode on Melancholy ", " Ode on a Grecian Urn ", " Ode to Psyche ", and " To Autumn ". (37 words)
As a free, agile Grecian hunter connected with wild nature, Diana of Versailles posed as the perfect muse for Dior’s spring/summer collection, which featured one-shoulder draping and Dior-embossed side satchels. (34 words)
Example sentences (14)
Chontelle Grecian and her family are a part of their local Little Athletics club.
As a free, agile Grecian hunter connected with wild nature, Diana of Versailles posed as the perfect muse for Dior’s spring/summer collection, which featured one-shoulder draping and Dior-embossed side satchels.
The living room, which has been decorated around the Pagoda Clock, is filled with pineapple-themed decorations and the dining room has been transformed into a Grecian Banquet inspired by the Shield of Achillies.
Willett, of Grecian Street in Maidstone, is also barred from any previously banned premises and must leave upon request of the owner.
To make her feel more at home up North, the house was appointed with five white Grecian columns; thus, the name White Pillars.
Christians/Christianity, apparently with its Grecian heritage, are in love with their bodies.
Grecian Fire was in close attendance for show money.
Afterwards he turned his thoughts to the alliance which he had been recommended to contract, and sought to ascertain by inquiry which was the most powerful of the Grecian states.
Jacques-Louis David: Revolutionary Artist, pp. 90-112 David conceived a new style for this painting, one which he called the "Grecian style", as opposed to the "Roman style" of his earlier historical paintings.
Keats' letter to Benjamin Bailey, 22 November 1817 This passage would eventually be transmuted into the concluding lines of " Ode on a Grecian Urn ": " 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty' – that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know".
Ode on a Grecian Urn, while an ekphrasis, also functions as an ode to the artistic beauty the narrator observes.
Perhaps the greatest odes of the 19th century, however, were Keats's Five Great Odes of 1819, which included " Ode to a Nightingale ", " Ode on Melancholy ", " Ode on a Grecian Urn ", " Ode to Psyche ", and " To Autumn ".
The "Grecian profile" has a continuous straight line from forehead to nose-tip, the bridge of the nose being exceptionally high.
This man was a Grecian by birth, but who had been given a kingdom in Spain.
Common combinations with grecian
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the grecian 3×
- on grecian 3×
- grecian urn 3×