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
  • In the Byzantine room the most Beautiful cabochon is the missing one.
    — Patricia Lockwood, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2026
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • Exactly how and when the Byzantine and French silver were transformed into English coins is unclear.
    — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024
  • All fares in Tri-Rail’s Byzantine pricing scheme would be rounded up to the next dollar, except for the line’s $5 weekend fare, which will remain in place.
    — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Wednesday’s vote was only the latest twist in a Byzantine saga stretching back to the abrupt closure of the legendary but debt-laden Playhouse in 2006.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
  • 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 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
  • Workforce agencies aren’t principally set up to place people in good jobs or launch careers, they’re designed to follow the Byzantine rules that accompany workforce dollars.
    — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Thessaloniki, however, pulses with spice-laden markets, waterfront cafés, and Byzantine mosaics tucked into quiet chapels.
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The mix of Byzantine architecture, volcanic landscapes, and community of artists and intellectuals makes a visit here feel like a rare discovery.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 23 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • As the evening winds down, Venetians come and go along the canal in their own small boats with outboard motors, rippling water reflecting in the candlelight, and the ancient carving of the hotel’s façade, a Byzantine shimmer.
    — Antonia Quirke, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Robb has been going deep into art history too, drawing from Byzantine mosaic figures, Mughal miniature painting, and Flemish portraiture, eras where the textile work in a painting was the status symbol.
    — Pooja Mistry, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Seeped in history, Messinia is rich with classical temples, Byzantine churches, and craggy medieval castles (a stomp up to the ruins at Pylos is a must, for the breathtaking 360-degree views).
    — Jemima Sissons, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
  • 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 visual art, from Byzantine painting up through Renaissance painting, artists actually attempted to physically reproduce perspective, or at least an optical illusion of it.
    — Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Maritime evidence includes a merchant ship, stone anchors, and what officials described as a harbour crane, clustered near a 125-metre dock that the antiquities ministry said served as a harbour for small boats until the Byzantine period.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025
  • One of Anguissola’s ancestors, according to family tradition, was the Byzantine warlord Galvano Sourdi.
    — Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The Four-Star boutique hotel is located in a Byzantine tower and a medieval church, and has a museum that showcases the building’s artifacts, including an ancient Roman caldarium (or bath house).
    — Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
  • 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

Byzantine

2 of 2 noun
  • This confirms, for the first time, that the bacterium was present in the Byzantine Empire between AD 550 and 660.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Multiple layers of architectural history can be seen throughout the cathedral as it has been transformed a number of times by Byzantine, Arabic, and Norman settlers.
    — Michele Becker, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The massive loss of life crippled the Byzantine Empire, weakening its administrative capabilities.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The plague was first documented in Pelusium, Egypt, before its rapid and deadly spread throughout the Byzantine, or Eastern Roman, Empire.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Such hospitals were often attached to churches, added her fellow University of Birmingham Byzantine scholar Daniel Reynolds.
    — Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Other activities in Kotor include hiking up the Byzantine-era city walls for a view of the town and exploring more of Kotor Bay on a boat and swimming tour, like the natural Blue Cave.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Syracuse began as an ancient Greek settlement nearly 3,000 years ago, and its beauty has beckoned both travelers and empires for centuries (Roman, Byzantine, Islamic, and Norman, to name a few).
    — Michele Becker, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2026

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