Sentence examples for deriving from ancient from inspiring English sources

In every way it evokes layers of classicism old and new, in which traditions deriving from ancient Greece and the Baroque are hugger-mugger with 20th-century jazziness and sly vaudeville fun.

Moriscas, ritual dances deriving from ancient European ritual dances, abound during Carnival (the week before Lent begins) but also occur at Corpus Christi (second Thursday after Pentecost), Santiago (St. James Day, July 25), and on other feasts.

The only urban professionals I can imagine wearing them are (a) empathetic (not cognitive) therapists, with names deriving from ancient mythology and perhaps a sideline in reiki; (b) curators of small, underfinanced folk-art or ethnic history museums; (c) veterinary support staff; and (d) Jenny Craig consultants.

Often known in the past as whalebirds, three species have large bills filled with lamellae that they use to filter plankton somewhat as baleen whales do, though the old name derives from their association with whales, not their bills (though "prions" does, deriving from Ancient Greek for "saw").

Also, as multiple spidroin expansions postdate the divergence of Mygalomorphae and Araneomorphae (Garb et al. 2007; Ayoub and Hayashi 2008; Gaines and Marcotte 2008; Starrett et al. 2012), it is possible that paralogs deriving from ancient small scale duplication events might have contributed to the evolution of silk gland-specific transcripts.

The new year celebration derives from ancient Celtic tradition.

The word, derived from ancient Greek, means to speak freely or boldly.

The word "pornography" is derived from Ancient Greek and means "writing about whores".

The makeup the members wear on stage is derived from ancient Taiwanese art forms and fables.

But there is another sense of "nature" derived from ancient Japanese.

Italian rural polyphony derives from ancient folk practices, medieval church music, and modern urban choral sounds.