Sentence examples for Delphian from inspiring English sources
adjective
Of or relating to Delphi in Greece; Delphic.
Along with the chief remains from Halicarnassus, he brought to the museum the bronze Delphian serpent from Istanbul, a sculpture of the Greek goddess Demeter, the colossal lion from Cnidus, and statues from the road to Didyma (Branchidae).
Alissa was a top student at Delphian, but she found herself moving away from the church.
— If the side-hill lies and Delphian greens of Augusta National Golf Club do not age a player overnight, the capricious winds that ventilate the course will.
By John O'Hara The New Yorker, October 24 , 1931P. 56 Monolugue of man giving a monolugue speech before the Orange County Afternoon Delphian telling them about the play, "Paolo and Francesca" to be given by the Mimes and Mummers of the First Presbyterian Church... View Article By Miranda Carter By Amos Barshad By Jia Tolentino By Emily Nussbaum.
By John O'Hara The New Yorker, March 8 , 1930 P. 92Monologue by member of the Orange County Afternoon Delphian Society that doesn't agree with people that want to sign a petition to stop girl's basketball in the schools Although she doesn't know a great deal about the game herself, since she never played it, she believes it is a healthy sport for high school girls.
Sparta handed over Delphi to the Delphians, but this action was promptly neutralized by the Athenians, who restored the sanctuary to Phocis.
A Brief History of Fables: From Aesop to Flash Fiction, by Lee Rourke (Hesperus Press, £8.99) Aesop, the Greek "anti-philosopher" who was flung off a cliff by humour-challenged Delphians, is a kind of literary Socrates: all subsequent literature can be read as Aesopian footnotes or variations.
The New Yorker, June 1 , 1929P. 76 Madam President, Father O'Brien, Professor Schwartz, Mr. Oxenreed, and fellow members of Afternoon Delphian I want to tell you all before out distinguished guests thia afternoon what a treat it has been to work on the Playground Committee.
By John O'Hara The New Yorker, June 1 , 1929P. 76 Madam President, Father O'Brien, Professor Schwartz, Mr. Oxenreed, and fellow members of Afternoon Delphian I want to tell you all before out distinguished guests thia afternoon what a treat it has been to work on the Playground Committee.
The girls demanded to be sent to boarding school, so Haggis enrolled them at the Delphian School, in rural Oregon, which uses Hubbard's Study Tech methods.
