avant-garde
Example Sentences
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It’s been a busy year for the avant-garde pair, who won their first Grammy in February for their nine-track EP, “Papota.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
And the comparison to Bowie’s West German sojourn is apt: working with his producers, Styles has clearly immersed himself in the avant-garde, taking chances, and embracing idiosyncrasy.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026
Its closing track, a harmonically suspended instrumental titled “The Brazilian,” flirted with the avant-garde by repeating the same anti-melody, anchored on a jungle of percussive clangs and hyperkinetic Simmons drum rolls.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
Mansfield met her second husband, the editor John Middleton Murry, when she submitted a short story to his avant-garde magazine, Rhythm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
The more difficult the mountain was to climb, the more avant-garde, the better, they believed.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
