gothic
Example Sentences
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He’s like a Gothic hero, a Gothic superhero.
From Los Angeles Times
Lawrence while Aunt Ada Doom injects a Gothic touch with her half-mad stare and ravings about “something nasty in the woodshed.”
The fire gave the world a lesson in Gothic construction.
But the order requires only that special regard be given to classical and traditional styles for federal buildings, defined broadly to include everything from Gothic to Pueblo Revival, and Spanish Colonial to Art Deco.
"It was not elaborate like Victorian Gothic design that preceded it, and came with a classicism and simplicity that has survived the test of time," he said.
From BBC
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