arty

Example Sentences

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The maze of shadowy streets around the New York Stock Exchange has been rarely associated with elegant, arty escapes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Director Marc Munden seems to be aiming for art here — fair enough — which at times comes across as arty.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

When I told his agent that it was a very short, tight shoot, his agent said, “There is no project too small or too arty for David.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

Last year they were seen in a rather arty black and white picture, showing them together as a family, but also with a style that owed something to an upmarket jeans advert.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2024

I think there is status to having a house full of pretty things, to buying expensive paintings of seashells from her arty friends and spoons from Tiffany’s.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart