How to Use Arthurian in a Sentence

Arthurian

adjective
  • An Arthurian theme is at play in the novel, and Hill weaves in a grand love story as well.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • If his first name inevitably evokes Arthurian legend, Fery’s march through the draw gave Britain reason to believe again.
    Douglas Robson, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • And fans of medieval fantasy worlds in general can see shades of the Arthurian legends here in the fact that Egg is secretly a prince.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The genus name nods to Sir Galahad, the Arthurian knight known for his moral uprightness, reflecting the animal’s upright stance.
    Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The pair met while filming the 1981 Arthurian fantasy film, Excalibur.
    Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • More Bravo’s Summer House than an Arthurian Call Me By Your Name.
    Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • Ah, the English countryside, a place of verdant Arthurian forests, bizzing bees, and fast-moving zombies driven by some nameless need to feast upon human flesh.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
  • If all that wasn’t enough, 12 gold Arthurian knights have been positioned around the dial, acting as the Lady’s loyal protectors and hour markers.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025
  • His story mostly exists in the 13th century version of Arthurian tales known as the Vulgate Cycle.
    Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • For a ‘misty’ mix of Arthurian legends and Pagan mysticism, a visit to Glastonbury won’t disappoint.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The genus name itself includes a reference to Sir Galahad, the Arthurian knight known for his moral uprightness, reflecting the animal’s upright stance.
    Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The genus name references Sir Galahad, the Arthurian knight known for his moral uprightness, reflecting the animal’s upright stance — a posture that set it apart from its modern, sprawling relatives.
    Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The novel follows an elderly British couple, Axl and Beatrice, living in a fictional post-Arthurian England in which no one is able to retain long-term memories.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 8 May 2026
  • He was nominated for both an Emmy and a second Golden Globe for playing the titular Arthurian wizard in the 1998 miniseries Merlin.
    ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
  • The Natural is, to the core, a movie that reveres the utter Americana of historical baseball, with its lo-fi Dust Bowl aesthetics that heavily reference Arthurian legend.
    K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In the movie, Redford plays Roy Hobbs, who struggles his entire life to get a shot at playing professional baseball — a transformation of Arthurian legend into mythic Americana.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Situated on Saint Michael’s ley line, the island has long been associated with restorative energy and rich mythological lore, including its connections to Avalon and Arthurian legend.
    Freya Bromley, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Grossman uses these characters to show different angles of Arthur’s court, to bring more diverse voices into the legend of the Round Table, and to craft a story that genuinely answers the question of why Arthurian legend continues to speak to us across the centuries.
    Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2020
  • The Once And Future King, originally published in 1958, offers a contemporary retelling of the Arthurian legends written by Thomas Malory in 1485.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Not with the number of pages but with the effort to represent a complete universe in tireless detail, as the great epics do, from The Odyssey to The Aeneid, the Viking sagas and the Arthurian tales, and, of course, Orlando Furioso, which crops up again and again in Bomarzo.
    Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025

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