How to Use Gothic in a Sentence

Gothic

1 of 2 adjective

• Gothic arches opened to the lapping sea just beyond and to the curve of a hiking path on green hills.
  — Katherine Lagrave, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025
• Roan performs on a set that looks like a massive Gothic castle with a drawbridge, parapets and a throne.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
• Kraków’s medieval heart beats beneath soaring Gothic towers and the echo of church bells over market stalls.
  — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
• And one of the things that Gothic romance does is have a story within a story within a story.
  — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 12 Dec. 2025
• The slightly Gothic undertones are inspiring our fall mood boards.
  — Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2025
• In the living room, high ceilings were supported by wooden beams, and a Gothic arch led to a sunroom, where the girls liked to put on plays.
  — Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
• Faulí showed me where Gaudí had begun building a traditional Gothic rib to support the vault.
  — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
• The atmosphere of a Gothic novel creeps over you; encroaching mist along the outcroppings.
  — Leanna Renee Hieber, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
• At the summit, the landscape is Gothic—like Frankenstein’s monster might be hiding around a boulder.
  — Lucy Kehoe, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
• The cathedral is known for being the longest medieval Gothic cathedral in Europe.
  — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
• Wednesday returns to the Gothic halls of Nevermore Academy, where fresh foes and woes await.
  — Devonne Goode, Parents, 7 Aug. 2025
• Up a stone spiral staircase from the street, the hallways are painted a deep green, which creates a moody feel in line with the Gothic surroundings without feeling cold.
  — Livia Caligor, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2025
• At the other end of the square, the imposing Gothic façade of the Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) is the other draw.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
• Take 419, which is one of two made of nubby clinker brick, a medieval look that matches the Gothic arches over the main entrance and the door to a maisonette.
  — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 22 Aug. 2025
• Fox rounded out her Gothic romantic look with Malone Souliers’ Nomi sandal in black satin.
  — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
• Meanwhile, Ghent glows with soaring Gothic towers and shimmering canal reflections.
  — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
• The medieval site dates back to the 12th century and features a mix of Romanesque and Gothic architecture.
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 29 May 2026
• Meanwhile, the forthcoming change in temperature will be welcomed with a sharp shift from almond to square shapes, signaling a Gothic revival that seems to emerge around this time each year.
  — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 Sep. 2025
• These rooms are impossibly intricate and graceful, and range from an Art Deco living room to a Gothic cathedral altar.
  — Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
• The experience at the Woodside estate starts in the historic mansion, which has been transformed into a witches’ Gothic apothecary.
  — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
• Gothic visuals and bombastic performances are sure to pull horror buffs into Penny Dreadful's world.
  — James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Jan. 2026
• As professor Paolo Quattrone has described, the Dean sits at one end beneath a towering Gothic window.
  — Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2025
• Gothic architecture, on the other hand, focused on height and light; despite being constructed from heavy stone, Gothic cathedrals seem to defy the laws of gravity.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Architectural Digest, 9 Jan. 2026
• Gothic landmarks such as Lyndhurst Mansion and the historic Tarrytown Music Hall add to the spooky vibe.
  — Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025
• In the capital city of Palma, don’t miss the Gothic cathedral and Royal Palace of La Almudaina next door.
  — Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
• In this case, the Bram Stoker classic Dracula, the Gothic novel that popularized the vampire genre.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 25 Aug. 2025
• An excuse for del Toro to indulge his fondness for Gothic horror, Crimson Peak is a sumptuous and immersive slice of haunted-house cinema.
  — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
• Stephen Frears’s Gothic drama is, to be fair, rather watchable — atmospheric and melancholic, with John Malkovich clearly getting a kick out of chewing any and all available scenery.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
• If earlier iterations of the lesbian vampire film were Gothic and ornate, Nadja is more shoegaze, captured on bleary black-and-white videotape with an expressionistic flair.
  — Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
• As The Real Deal reported, the Gothic-style mansion is now in contract after being relisted last year for just under $50 million.
  — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 4 Nov. 2025

Gothic

2 of 2 noun

• Many Gothic buildings have been a work in progress for centuries.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 14 July 2023
• Episode five is almost like a stand-alone film — Southern Gothic horror.
  — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2023
• Battletech Gothic takes the big scale of the Battletech universe into a darker place.
  — Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
• Layering elements of both Western and Gothic styles works well for this trend.
  — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Jan. 2024
• The main structure, with its castellated tower, turrets, and Gothic windows, is not short on charm.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2023
• That was the day Gothic Summer, the Veronicas’ sixth studio album, was born.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2024
• Tyrol is full of other surprises, too, from Gothic castles to century-old bakeries.
  — Thomas Rogers, Travel + Leisure, 28 Aug. 2023
• This Southern Gothic looks at a crime family gone berserk, in The Godfather way.
  — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
• The vaulted ceiling of the below-street-level dining room echoes the Gothic roof of Notre Dame, just across the river.
  — Ellie Pithers, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2023
• The magazine, and the small press attached to it, have since sadly folded, but the idea of the Midwestern Gothic has never left me.
  — Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
• Frailty is a sleeper gem that puts a Southern Gothic spin on biblical horror and the terror of a cruel and fickle God.
  — Megan McCluskey, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
• But Anderson seemed to find humor in Gothic furniture, too — in its Baroque frippery, its weirdness.
  — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 Oct. 2023
• But even Poe superfans probably couldn’t spot all the references — because there are dozens scattered throughout the show’s eight Gothic episodes.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2023
• The 5,700-square-foot main house is constructed of brick in a Gothic Revival style and has a huge circular driveway in front.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2023
• Recently, workers wrapped up a year-long project to install 438 solar panels on the English Gothic church’s roof.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
• Are there works of art that, like American Gothic does for Jack, evoke certain personal memories or identities for you?
  — Andrew Ridker, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2023
• American Gothic Antiques is the best place to step back in time, with a labyrinth of connected rooms showcasing vintage glassware, books, toys, and artwork.
  — Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026
• France then embarked on a nearly $900 million refurbishment of the Gothic sanctuary that’s soon nearing an end.
  — Christian Wienberg, Fortune Europe, 16 Apr. 2024
• This cathedral is at the heart of the Gothic Quarter, and its beautiful architecture dates back to the 13th century.
  — Jamie Ditaranto, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2023
• The festival kicks off with a celebration of Gothic literature in an intimate show at Swan Dive.
  — oregonlive, 6 Apr. 2023
• The building itself, which dates from 1885, is a waltz through history, juggling Gothic and Renaissance styles.
  — Clodagh Kinsella, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Feb. 2026
• Meduna controversially sought to block the natural light emanating through the neo Gothic arches on the main facade, in an attempt to protect the famed painting.
  — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
• These are Gothic sci-fi slashers built on a chassis sturdy enough that, when combined with the Freudian nightmare of its central monster, are able to support all manner of ideas and wild tonal shifts.
  — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025
• The little Leu offers perhaps the most spectacular view of Basel’s Gothic Münster available from any vantage point.
  — Sue Wunder, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2023
• Close-quartered and stylish, the movie begins at a Gothic New England mansion where the wealthy patriarch Harlan Thrombey has been found with his throat slit.
  — Anna Russell, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
• Two physicists—one high and thus mesmerized, the other terrified—watch the phenomenon from a Gothic courtyard in Oxford, England.
  — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
• Along with French Baroque, Egyptian Revival was a big theme, as was Spanish Gothic and the Italianesque Villa vibe.
  — Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026
• Yale’s campus was substantially rebuilt in the early 1930s in Academy Gothic style.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 8 Feb. 2024
• Just finished touring the Gothic Glasgow Cathedral and the adjacent cemetery, the Necropolis?
  — Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 20 Aug. 2025
• The earliest depictions of slavery were already crawling with the terrible proceedings the Gothic tends to depict, from bloody whippings to family curses to the wrathful wraiths of the slain enslaved.
  — Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026