How to Use figural in a Sentence

figural

adjective

• My Body, showcasing three decades of Grossman’s figural practice, extends to a show of the same name on view at the Chelsea gallery.
  — Natasha Gural, Forbes, 19 May 2022
• They are all blown glass and are all figural ornaments.
  — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2022
• The artist provided The Dance and La Musique, massive things though figural and not immersive and not an homage to nature.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 26 Feb. 2022
• Several of the figural depictions show a type of pattern or sash on the torso.
  — CNN, 4 May 2022
• Some hilyas were strictly without any figural representation, while others contained a drawing of the Kaaba, the holy shrine in Mecca, or a rose that symbolized the beauty of the prophet.
  — Suleyman Dost, The Conversation, 24 Nov. 2020
• Especially a table lamp, which does double duty as a figural object in conversation with other elements of a room and, of course, as a source of light and warmth.
  — Ming Thompson, Curbed, 14 July 2021
• The most beautiful gallery is one currently occupied by figural sculpture from Central and West Africa.
  — Alexandra Lange, Curbed, 1 Nov. 2018
• Early in her career she became known for her figural works, particularly those depicting the female body, and moved over time to using nature as a springboard for her art.
  — Ted Loos, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2022
• This theme is represented through the figural image in the bulk of the exhibition's works, which aim to present subjective views of the black experience from a wide-reaching global perspective.
  — Kate Sierzputowski, Chicago Reader, 9 May 2018
• The plaque shares a widespread Medieval use of bold figural gestures and enlarged hands and eyes, a vocabulary found from the contemporaneous sculpture at Vézelay, France, all the way into the 13th century.
  — E.a. Carmean Jr., WSJ, 30 Mar. 2018
• The cartoon displays many of the things Raphael did brilliantly—groups of people in dialogue; varied figural types, young and old, delicate and robust; and figures elegantly distributed in space.
  — Cammy Brothers, WSJ, 14 June 2019
• The Black Panther Wakanda Forever figural mini backpack uses a unique three-dimensional, geometric design to form the shape of a roaring black panther.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2022
• Pollock is praised for pouring and dripping, as though inviting randomness, but one senses the significant amount of figural underpainting that exists beneath the surface.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2021
• There are some detours into more traditional figural studies, including a series of swans that can be seen as a kind of precursor to M.C. Escher’s tessellations.
  — Jeffrey Bauman, ELLE Decor, 18 Apr. 2019
• But, almost always, community groups want a figural monument to commemorate someone who is more important to that community.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Aug 2024