How to Use sculpture in a Sentence

sculpture

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  • One of the sculpture’s stops was the North Natomas Library.
    — Elyse Pham, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The 40-foot sculpture has been fenced off for the duration of the project.
    — Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 6 July 2023
  • And the best part is that the massive sculpture is baked into the asking price.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2023
  • In spirit and form, the paintings match the sculptures Schutz has been making of late.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
  • All that and sculptures carved out of butter on today’s episode of CNN 10.
    — CNN, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The Kimbell sculpture is one of the finds that identified the Olmecs as artists of the highest order.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Feb. 2024
  • What is the companion sculpture to Ohio’s butter Cow in the state?
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 26 July 2023
  • Klingspor said his sculpture is not just a tribute to the legend of the sewer gators but also to the city itself.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Not the witty and poetic sculpture he’s known for, but his own name.
    — Brian Boucher, New York Times, 26 May 2023
  • The artist’s two entries are part painting, part sculpture.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The Shilpa Shastra dictates the rules of arts and crafts, including sculpture.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Nov. 2023
  • At its center, a metal bowl and a light bulb hang, emitting a low roar that makes the sculpture and the room around it vibrate.
    — Victoria Dalkey, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Some are more fanciful, such as an array of steel moon sculptures by the artist Jeff Koons.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The sculptures are the work of Australian contemporary artist Kathy Temin.
    — Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023
  • As for the artwork to target, the piece should be small – for a sculpture, about the size of a brick; for a painting, no larger than a pizza box.
    — Michael Finkel, Time, 14 June 2023
  • The oval-like shape features an opening large enough for passersby to walk inside the 42.5-ton sculpture’s walls.
    — Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
  • In the dining room, brutalist ice sculptures adorned the table.
    — Vogue, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The fire is another episode in the sculpture’s decades-long evolution.
    — Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 13 July 2023
  • The show, which also includes a single wire sculpture, depicts grass and its roots on a near-epic scale.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Surveillance video was released of two people hauling the sculpture away in the dark.
    — Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The sculptor, Tom Sipes of Petaluma, came Thursday afternoon to move the sculpture to his shop for repairs.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Bishop and Carrasquilla agree this was the step that was missed regarding the lesson on the 500-year-old sculpture.
    — Jamiel Lynch, CNN, 25 Mar. 2023
  • The seniors work in a variety of media, from cross stitch to painting, and carving to soft sculpture.
    — cleveland, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The 6-foot sculpture depicted a family of four who appeared to reach toward the sky.
    — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Not the black granite wall—that sea of sacrifice—but the sculpture of three soldiers who stand their vigil by the wall, as if on the shore, staring out to that sea.
    — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Floral sculptures appear throughout the store, including one that is garbed in a silk robe.
    — Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Near the start of this year, Burkes contacted Vale, a chain-saw carver who has worked on multiple sculptures in the county.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023
  • The work includes video, pottery, sculpture, fabric art and even some painting.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The sculptures range from the conceptual to the literal, and from the figurative to the narrative.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Together, on the day of the unveiling, the brothers pulled a green cloth off to reveal the sculpture of Princess Diana with her arms around a boy and girl, with a third child in the background.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024

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