avant-garde

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

The interior design may be a touch too avant-garde, but perhaps Aunt Julie was futilely trying to impress Hedda.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 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

Indeed, it is possible to date the chasm that was to develop between the populist mainstream and the classical avant-garde in music to this place and time.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall