How to Use impressionism in a Sentence
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If Doncic is mysterious, so were both World Wars, impressionism and the day-to-day affairs of the Pope.
—Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 10 Aug. 2017
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At the Fulginiti Pavilion, the emphasis is on Impressionism, but the show pushes its own boundaries to get some big names on the walls.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Know, 16 Apr. 2017
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Despite the potent dose of impressionism, one thing is always clear: Bejar is still having fun.
—Grant Sharples, SPIN, 22 Mar. 2022
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The music reflects both the influence of Impressionism and Ibert’s background as a silent-movie pianist.
—Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 2 June 2017
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Jazz and impressionism combine in the first movement, based on Mary Cassatt’s Summertime.
—Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2021
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The art of French impressionism and specialty cocktail making will be the order of the day when French 75 opens later this summer in downtown Aurora.
—Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 30 June 2021
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Cézanne, of course, wanted to dig even deeper, bypassing realism to get to the more abstract essence of things, beyond the pastel washes of impressionism.
—Ann Hornaday, star-telegram.com, 2 May 2017
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Predicting the first round of the NFL draft more than three months before it's scheduled tends to be an exercise based more in impressionism than exactitude.
—Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2022
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Her main work is in abstract realism and impressionism.
—Journal Sentinel, 1 Dec. 2022
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The art of French impressionism and specialty cocktail making will be on display when French 75 opens sometime this summer in downtown Aurora.
—Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 18 June 2021
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Considered as one of the greatest French painters of the 20th century, Bonnard weaved impressionism and abstraction with bold colors and depiction of scenes of everyday life.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 24 Oct. 2022
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His influences ranged from the impressionism of Ravel and Debussy to the energy and harmonic invention of bebop.
—Chris Morris, Variety, 9 Feb. 2023
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As his condition deteriorates, the artist begins to see the world through a lens of cubism, surrealism and impressionism.
—Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 30 Jan. 2020
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Artistic movements like impressionism, cubism, and naturalism reflected a growing distrust of the eye’s ability to see and know the world.
—Allain Daigle, The Atlantic, 13 May 2018
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The bulk of the album consists of original works steeped in the delicate feel of romanticism and impressionism with the unmistakable influences of Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett.
—Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, 23 Feb. 2018
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And there are five late paintings by Claude Monet in a huge spare room, illuminated only by natural light, that make even those of us a bit burned out over impressionism see their luminous beauty.
—David Colker, The Mercury News, 6 May 2017
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And then his conducting tended toward impressionism more than precision, his bow sometimes waving wildly in the air.
—Dallas News, 20 Jan. 2023
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Maite Gomez-Rejon explores how 19th century French cafe and food culture intersects with the iconic imagery of impressionism.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 3 Apr. 2022
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The Singer Laren's collection has a focus on modernism such as neo-impressionism, pointillism, expressionism and cubism.
—Bloomberg.com, 8 May 2020
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The Singer Laren’s collection has a focus on modernism such as neo-impressionism, pointillism, expressionism, and cubism.
—Mike Corder, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2020
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With dizzying impressionism, Good night the pleasure was ours is an enthralling portrayal of the delicate balance between performer, audience, and sound.
—Sadie Dupuis, SPIN, 29 Dec. 2022
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But for all its ethereal whooshing and surrealist impressionism, this season of Twin Peaks is some of Lynch’s most grounded, humane, and contemporary work.
—Theodore Kupfer, National Review, 2 Sep. 2017
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The answer lies in another gallery at the Mennello showcasing impressionism.
—Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Aug. 2021
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McGinley’s pictures, whose style derives from French impressionism, are less symbolic.
—Washington Post, 25 June 2021
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Ironically, Dreher's 20-year art career has focused on impressionism and landscapes.
—Dennis Sullivan, Daily Southtown, 6 July 2018
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Its permanent collection showcases artists from the 19th to 21st centuries, and works from the neoclassical to impressionism to deconstructivism.
—Kathleen Squires, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2021
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The museum houses the collection of American couple William and Anna Singer, with a focus on modernism such as neo-impressionism, pointillism, expressionism and cubism.
—USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2020
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Unfolding in three movements, the trio mixes stylistic influences from English pastoralism and French impressionism to striking effect.
—Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 26 Jan. 2021
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The sequence fuses documentary and impressionism, recording and transformation, while also crowning its painterly energy with yet another rhythmic red light that’s a part of the jazz life: a rotating one atop a police car.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2022
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This year’s lineup includes mystery, comedy, religion, impressions, impressionism, a tragic Donald Trump and a documentary piece based on interviews with women who served in the Vietnam War.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 5 July 2018
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