aesthetic

Example Sentences

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That’s partly what makes the movie unsettling: the backroom aesthetic is unsettlingly generic, a space that exists everywhere and yet nowhere.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

Stefana disagrees, he says children and young people are spending so much time and money striving towards a look, an aesthetic, that only exists in the digital world, not in reality.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Lululemon has struggled over recent years with price-conscious shoppers, competition from brands like Alo and Vuori, a board dispute with its founder and its own aesthetic choices.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

The findings support what many pianists have believed for decades, while also offering a clearer understanding of how skilled movement creates emotional and aesthetic experiences in music.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

It should also be noted that some music traditions around the world do not use the type of precision tunings described above, not because they can't, but because of an aesthetic preference for wide tuning.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones