How to Use mural in a Sentence

mural

1 of 2 adjective
  • The work for the young artists doesn’t end at the mural installation.
    Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Many of these paintings are a mural-size five feet high.
    Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The last mural project will be more of an event to take place sometime in August.
    Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 15 May 2021
  • May 9 for the unveiling of a mural many of them had painted.
    Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2022
  • McGhee’s friends will be able to bring their kids to the mural or honorary street one day, and tell them about their old friend.
    Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 17 June 2021
  • The group has completed over 30 mural projects throughout the state.
    Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 7 June 2021
  • The dining room, which has a mural and other artwork by Slawek Miskow, seats 60, and the bar can seat 20.
    Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2022
  • For the first time, the club announced its new kits at three mural unveilings on March 3.
    Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2023
  • This mural project will help inspire Earth-think all year.
    Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Use a laser level to project the mural lines on your wall, then slowly tape off each section.
    Erin Johnson, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Nov. 2021
  • One of its most visible projects was the mural contest.
    cleveland, 23 July 2021
  • Take a mural tour to different spots around town and snap a selfie in front of your favorites.
    Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2022
  • The two artists also described the concepts behind the mural taking shape on the outer walls.
    al, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The idea for a mural project first came to him in 2010, during a visit to Miami's Wynwood Walls.
    Dana Shavin, Travel + Leisure, 24 Jan. 2024
  • On a recent Friday, activist Ty Bellamy went out to the mural site.
    Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 July 2022
  • The singer’s post included a mural photo of the artist’s face emblazoned on the record store’s outside wall.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 23 Apr. 2022
  • The mural pieces will be puzzled together and installed on the Halfling Building on the corner of Seventh Ave.
    Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Frankie Lucas loaded her three children into the car after the conviction and brought them to the mural site, too.
    Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Apr. 2021
  • The city is inviting artists to submit mural project ideas for the west wall of the Human Concerns building, 1029 Milwaukee Ave.
    Journal Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2023
  • The mural debut came on Sunday night, which was, not without coincidence, the first night of Hanukkah.
    Mike Wagenheim, Sun Sentinel, 22 Dec. 2022
  • For anyone who was in the mural covered room on May 20 or 21, some things are changing-there will be some songs from Chicago, and two guest stars for duets—but most of it is not.
    Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 12 Sep. 2022
  • SpaceX also has a facility in Brownsville, Texas, a city in the south that has painted his likeness on a mural downtown.
    New York Times, 8 June 2022
  • The display got rave reviews, and Young looked forward to collaborating with the school on more mural projects . . .
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Loretta Young watched with curiosity at the mural taking shape across the street from her North Avenue home.
    La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Get an up-close look at the artistic soul of the neighborhood through behind-the-scenes tours of artists’ studios, a market, a gallery walk and a live mural painting contest.
    Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
  • Julie Heacock White, a mural artist and the only one who still lives in La Mesa, points to love as a common denominator.
    Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Across the yard, a mural paying homage to late Austin songwriter and street artist Daniel Johnston stretches across the two-story studio/garage.
    Neal Leitereg, Forbes, 9 May 2021
  • Ernesto Gomez, 23, of Racine, wanted to be involved with the mural project after seeing the documentary.
    La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The weeklong camps focus on a range of topics, from trail stomping to mural painting to theatre to good old-fashioned summer camp.
    Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The renovation is part of an ongoing mural restoration project at Chicano Park — a historic landmark that houses the largest collection of outdoor murals.
    Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024
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mural

2 of 2 noun
  • In the mural, the abundance of the harvest surrounds the farmer.
    Camille Padilla Dalmau and Frances Medina, refinery29.com, 4 Oct. 2023
  • For a low-cost way to get to know the city, stroll among its murals and street art.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2024
  • The amenities or the bold murals on the walls are not even the main attraction.
    Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 8 July 2023
  • The city’s stunning above-ground mosaics and murals still stand at the site.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2023
  • The 15-by-20-foot mural hangs on the wall of the children’s section near the library’s entrance.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2023
  • This popular nook of town is hard to miss, thanks to the frog mural.
    Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The mural's design has been in the works since fall of 2022, Zimmerman said.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The centerpiece is the top of Via Emanuele de Deo, where a giant mural of Maradona looms above the street.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Near the lawn, a mural by Steve Hunter depicts photos of the Vaughan brothers through the years.
    Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The podcast story caused artists to protest a mural Choe painted in New York City in 2017.
    Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The large mural on the corner of Liberty and Main streets in Over-the-Rhine is, of course, another.
    Joshua Medintz, The Enquirer, 18 July 2023
  • At about 90 square feet (8.6 square meters), the mural is four times bigger than the sign code allows.
    Kathy McCormack, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The center of town already has a mural of a beaming Biden, erected in 2020.
    Darlene Superville, Colleen Long, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The mural takes up the entire wall to the right upon entering Colores.
    Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2023
  • The chapel contained an ornate mural with gilded wooden carvings at one end of the chapel, which Maguire said was built in the mid-1800s.
    Caroline Brew, Variety, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Only a handful of cars were parked there — a mural of Che Guevara looking out over them through the rain.
    Ed Augustin, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2023
  • But off to the side was another mural with a starker message.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2023
  • Officials had invited artists like him from around the country to paint murals there and on walls around the city.
    Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Goupil, who is also a Glendale resident, designed the murals and led the effort to paint them.
    Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Color is making a big comeback, and DIYers are learning how to paint a mural to spruce up their homes.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 July 2023
  • Inside, all Wales kids painted their hands to contribute to a mural.
    Town & Country, 9 May 2023
  • Her work is part of a broader project to bring attention to mental health challenges through murals.
    Donna St. George, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
  • At the entrance to the Edgewater Greenway in Mattapan, where the 27-mile trail begins, a mural depicts a farmer.
    Alysa Guffey, BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2023
  • The new mural was met with great excitement, and large crowds gathered to see the latest addition to the neighborhood.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
  • For the adjacent breakfast nook, Deniot brought in a painter to create a trompe l’oeil mural inspired by the marble atop the kitchen’s 15-foot-long island.
    Dana Thomas, ELLE Decor, 8 May 2023
  • Later this month, the roughly 15- by 5-foot mural, once a highlight of Lennon’s Kenwood home, will be sold at a Bonhams auction.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2023
  • From top to bottom, the mural depicts the story of the cortito, beginning at the top with the farm workers’ goal of breaking the cortito.
    Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2023
  • Detroit City Council turned down a six-figure contract to pay for murals that the city did not authorize.
    Detroit Free Press, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The mural outside of Chase Center is a beautiful example of this style.
    Jannelle Moore, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Elsewhere, the main bathroom, aptly dubbed the Throne Room, features a mural of Queen Elizabeth, gold wall appliques, onyx flooring, and a gold sink adorned with pearls and other jewels.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2024

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