still life
noun
plural still lifes
1
: a picture consisting predominantly of inanimate objects
2
: the category of graphic arts concerned with inanimate subject matter
Examples of still life in a Sentence
an exhibit of still lifes
She prefers portraiture to still life.
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Some of the most striking images bridge the living room’s public and private functions via still lifes of mementos carefully arranged for display and appliances wrapped in floral plastic slipcovers.
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Sukjong Hong, Curbed, 21 Feb. 2025
Zurbarán’s touching canvas of a beatific sheep with curly white hair; his poetic and exquisitely crafted still lifes, featuring crystalline vessels and pieces of fruit; and his great religious paintings—with works such as these only two hours from Paris, Lyon is the place to be.
—airmail.news, 30 Nov. 2024
Select the still life of a melon, peaches and grapes by MANET.
—Josephine Sedgwick, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
There are also some pleasant domestic still lifes: a sunflower, a coffee pot.
—Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024
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Sukjong Hong, Curbed, 21 Feb. 2025
Zurbarán’s touching canvas of a beatific sheep with curly white hair; his poetic and exquisitely crafted still lifes, featuring crystalline vessels and pieces of fruit; and his great religious paintings—with works such as these only two hours from Paris, Lyon is the place to be.
—airmail.news, 30 Nov. 2024
Select the still life of a melon, peaches and grapes by MANET.
—Josephine Sedgwick, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
There are also some pleasant domestic still lifes: a sunflower, a coffee pot.
—Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024
See All Example Sentences for still life
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“Still life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/still%20life. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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