How to Use iconography in a Sentence

iconography

noun
  • Now the action is just part of the sport’s iconography.
    Katie Heindl, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The iconography is all there: the smile, the waves of hair, the smile, the microphone and even the butterfly ring.
    Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The iconography of the current regime is far more present.
    Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021
  • We're surrounded by the iconography of all of this, all the time.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 17 June 2022
  • This gives the freedom to play with the brands´ iconography even in the collections.
    Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Until then, snap a pic of the Googie-style neon sign and soak up the iconography of old-school Route 66.
    Stefanie Waldek, Country Living, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Much of the film’s iconography and worldview seem frozen in time, just before and after the 2001 tragedy.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 16 May 2024
  • The strange holdover from the era of Bolshevik iconography.
    James Lileks, Star Tribune, 11 Apr. 2021
  • Remarkably, the future looks a lot like the iconography of the moment.
    Edmund Arévalo, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Perhaps for this reason the iconography of the tarot deck has long held an allure for artists.
    Lauren Elkin, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2023
  • What's been lost in the iconography is a thoughtful appraisal of Mays, the human being.
    Greg Hanlon, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The crux with Lichtenstein—the crux with all Pop art—is how to interpret the iconography.
    The New Yorker, 21 July 2021
  • There is no cowboy iconography here, and no leather booths.
    Brett Anderson, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The object does not match the iconography, and the dissonance beckons.
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2022
  • There’s so much iconography in that movie that is not specifically to do with the clothes.
    Aamina Khan, Vogue, 13 July 2021
  • And some might say its success is due in part to the instant iconography, also known as all of those scary Purge masks.
    Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 11 May 2022
  • Pepper has a unique place in pop iconography as the place where artists go to transform themselves.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2024
  • With the skulls and antlers, bones and shells, O’Keeffe creates a secular iconography.
    Roxana Robinson, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2021
  • That same iconography is on George’s jacket and waistcoat for the wedding.
    Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 10 May 2023
  • In 1999, the cups were red for the first time, and included a design of snowflakes, ice skates and other winter iconography.
    Tréa Lavery and Heather Morrison, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2022
  • This frames a tiny book charm with all sorts of San Antonio iconography.
    René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 15 June 2021
  • Robinson grew up in Pasadena, 10 miles from the site of the Dodgers' future home , and the park is festooned with his image and iconography.
    Greg Beacham, ajc, 16 Apr. 2022
  • On many of them, recognizable iconography appeared: the cloak of the handmaiden, the wire of the hanger.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 8 July 2022
  • Anti-Raiders charged that anyone who wanted to keep the Raider name, even without the iconography, was racist.
    New York Times, 30 June 2021
  • But what is Joan’s story, and why does her iconography appeal to the young starlets of today?
    Tacita Quinn, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The spheres are used elsewhere in the space to form a striking take on Louis Vuitton’s signature LV iconography.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 9 Jan. 2023
  • As one of the oldest cities in the country, Alexandria boasts no shortage of Civil War iconography.
    BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The trailer promises a great deal of blood, jump scares and religious iconography.
    Jaden Thompson, Variety, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Three decades on, recollections of the drunken antics and petty feuds that marked the Britpop scene may have faded, but the era’s style iconography—and of course the music—remains.
    Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2024
  • The box, meantime, is specially-designed for this release, with iconography and lyrics from each song displayed throughout the packaging.
    Tim Chan, Variety, 18 Sep. 2024

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