How to Use Byzantine in a Sentence

Byzantine

1 of 2 adjective

• At the Parthenon, a Byzantine tower and mosque from the Ottoman era were knocked down.
  — Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
• The coins dated back to the Greek and Byzantine period, nearly 2,000 years ago.
  — Caitie Kelly Kin Woo Kate Guadagnino Nicole Demarco Megan O’Sullivan, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
• Intricate mosaics, made of tiles each the size of a thumbnail, cover the walls and domed ceiling of the Byzantine-style church.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2023
• The unique Byzantine mosaics remain covered and unseen.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
• On some of the stones found in the ruins, Arabic inscriptions, Byzantine iconography and Maltese crosses were found carved into the rock, according to the study.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024
• Exactly how and when the Byzantine and French silver were transformed into English coins is unclear.
  — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024
• This early Byzantine monastery has a history of miracles and legends tied to it, thanks to a spring that is believed to have magical powers.
  — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2023
• There was a time when there were no Byzantine ticket structures where some fares included seat selection, and others barred you from choosing your location on the plan in advance, or at least from doing so for free.
  — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2024
• The walls of the historical church feature intricate mosaics and the Pala d'Oro, a Byzantine altar is made from garnets, amethysts, sapphires, emeralds and hundreds of other precious gemstones.
  — Gabriele Regalbuto, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2024
• But about 500 years later, the Greek mathematician Pappus of Alexandria put together a compendium that would survive the collapse of the Byzantine empire.
  — Quanta Magazine, 10 Aug. 2023
• In the Negev, where archaeologists studying a sixth-century Byzantine church noticed a curly-haired long-nosed beardless Jesus, scientists taught goldfish to drive their tanks on land.
  — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Apr. 2022
• The bombing has damaged Byzantine churches and ancient mosques, factories and apartment buildings, shopping malls and luxury hotels, theaters and schools.
  — Jared Malsin and Saeed Shah, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2023
• Rooms are given a decidedly Turkish touch, but not in any way that feels gimmicky — this is really where a quiet luxury take on Turkish, Ottoman, and Byzantine opulence comes in.
  — Chadner Navarro, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2023
• Now, with cases surging among California’s poorest patients, the state is struggling to reform its Byzantine system for allocating care.
  — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
• Perry recently picked up a few accessories, including handmade Byzantine jewelry from an atelier in Istanbul and silver Moroccan tea trays like the ones seen here.
  — Hannah Chubb, Peoplemag, 20 June 2023
• There is one bougainvillea-shaded taverna, which shares the village square with a tiny Byzantine chapel, decorated with magnificent 14th-century frescoes.
  — New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
• The club and the city of Oakland have navigated a Byzantine series of approvals and environmental impact reports to bring Fisher’s dream of a $12 billion real estate project that includes a ballpark closer to reality.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2023
• This inevitably entailed setting up new organizations to operate within the Byzantine legal structure of the nonprofit advocacy world.
  — The Editors, National Review, 19 Sep. 2023
• But its notoriously Byzantine regulations and misleading guidance from some loan-servicing companies meant that few public servants managed to get debt relief.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2024
• One of Anguissola’s ancestors, according to family tradition, was the Byzantine warlord Galvano Sourdi.
  — Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2023
• At the Parthenon, a Byzantine tower and mosque from the Ottoman era were knocked down.
  — Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
• The coins dated back to the Greek and Byzantine period, nearly 2,000 years ago.
  — Caitie Kelly Kin Woo Kate Guadagnino Nicole Demarco Megan O’Sullivan, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
• Intricate mosaics, made of tiles each the size of a thumbnail, cover the walls and domed ceiling of the Byzantine-style church.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2023
• The unique Byzantine mosaics remain covered and unseen.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
• On some of the stones found in the ruins, Arabic inscriptions, Byzantine iconography and Maltese crosses were found carved into the rock, according to the study.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024
• Exactly how and when the Byzantine and French silver were transformed into English coins is unclear.
  — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024
• This early Byzantine monastery has a history of miracles and legends tied to it, thanks to a spring that is believed to have magical powers.
  — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2023
• There was a time when there were no Byzantine ticket structures where some fares included seat selection, and others barred you from choosing your location on the plan in advance, or at least from doing so for free.
  — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2024
• The walls of the historical church feature intricate mosaics and the Pala d'Oro, a Byzantine altar is made from garnets, amethysts, sapphires, emeralds and hundreds of other precious gemstones.
  — Gabriele Regalbuto, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2024
• But about 500 years later, the Greek mathematician Pappus of Alexandria put together a compendium that would survive the collapse of the Byzantine empire.
  — Quanta Magazine, 10 Aug. 2023

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Byzantine

2 of 2 noun

• In the east, the chart shows the remnants of the Crusader strongholds and the final throes of the Byzantine Empire.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
• In one piazza, a sign points to the Byzantine Road, laid a thousand years ago and leading down to the port of Piso Livadi.
  — Andrew Sean Greer, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2023
• Having survived the destruction of icons that took place in the Byzantine Empire during the eighth and ninth centuries, the icons on view are extremely rare.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023
• In those 29 coins, the researchers found a clear chemical and isotopic signature that matched third to early seventh century silver from the Byzantine Empire in the eastern Mediterranean.
  — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024
• This remarkably romantic walled town is a stony museum of Byzantine, Ottoman, and Venetian history dating back to the 13th century.
  — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
• In the east, the chart shows the remnants of the Crusader strongholds and the final throes of the Byzantine Empire.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
• In one piazza, a sign points to the Byzantine Road, laid a thousand years ago and leading down to the port of Piso Livadi.
  — Andrew Sean Greer, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2023
• Having survived the destruction of icons that took place in the Byzantine Empire during the eighth and ninth centuries, the icons on view are extremely rare.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023
• In those 29 coins, the researchers found a clear chemical and isotopic signature that matched third to early seventh century silver from the Byzantine Empire in the eastern Mediterranean.
  — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024
• This remarkably romantic walled town is a stony museum of Byzantine, Ottoman, and Venetian history dating back to the 13th century.
  — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024

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