Examples of statuary in a Sentence
Noun
a fine example of late Renaissance statuary
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Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2024
Born in 1988, Englander is a Massachusetts native who studied ancient Indian statuaries.
—Alexandra Bregman, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 21 Nov. 2022
In the movies, Black characters were jolly statuary — hoisting luggage, serving food, tending children — meant to decorate a white American’s dream.
—New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022
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Noun
The book is slim, its pages filled with white space, and the photos themselves take on the feeling of a mausoleum’s statuary.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2024
Born in 1988, Englander is a Massachusetts native who studied ancient Indian statuaries.
—Alexandra Bregman, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
Adjective
The adjoining primary bath has a mosaic-patterned marble floor, statuary white marble walls and a seven-foot-long vanity with a quartz top.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 21 Nov. 2022
In the movies, Black characters were jolly statuary — hoisting luggage, serving food, tending children — meant to decorate a white American’s dream.
—New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022
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“Statuary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/statuary. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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