caryatid
noun
a sculptured female figure used as a column.
caryatids
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pluralof caryatid.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Brought together from three separate museum collections, they are lined up in a row, Modernist caryatids of a farewell portal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
In it, she and Cardi B dress in Grecian goddess-inspired dresses, dance in front of classically inspired statuary, wear headdresses that evoke caryatids and transform into Grecian vases.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2021
Their eccentric profile, isolated against white, forms a kind of muscular torso, not unlike Matisse’s 1909 “Bather,” striding through water, or one of Modigliani’s caryatids.
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2020
He sat in a ostentatious Greek-style hall bedecked with four caryatids, the draped female figures used in columns — a style first seen in Delphi 2 ½ millennia ago.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2019
Small kids were perched on tabletops because there weren't enough chairs, and the Epiphany sixth graders stood like caryatids leaning against three of the four walls of the room.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
