baroque

In “Deep Water,” there is so much practical attention given to the couple dealing with their young daughter and the realities of child care even as there’s a baroque murder plot happening around them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Smoke swallows civilization while sparks fall around the baroque column of the Fuente de los Luceros.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

During recent masses, the most devout attended the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe and the baroque Metropolitan Cathedral wearing green national jerseys.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

It has a chorus that would make Celine Dion jealous, and features a baroque piano breakdown before an almighty key change in the final refrain.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

None of the baroque ecstasy, none of the grotesque compulsion.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

The Pinctada maxima are the biggest oysters in the world The pearls, once harvested, range from perfect spheres to irregular "baroques".

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2012

There, the baroques, the arabesques, the colourings gorgeous, are dead, at least inanimate; here, they palpitate with life.

From The Book of Khalid by Ameen Fares Rihani

Next comes the drop or pear shape, then the button shape, and after these the host of irregular shapes known to the jeweler as "baroques."

From A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public by Frank Bertram Wade

Scattered among them were the flashing emeralds of the glaciers and the immense pallid baroques of the snow fields.

From The Metal Monster by Abraham Merritt

Most of the baroques are too irregular in shape to have any special name applying to their form.

From A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public by Frank Bertram Wade