baroque

But the storyline is also baroque, the filmmaking is kinetic and the corruption it alleges is epic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

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

Its baroque, acoustic sounds of a pastoral countryside in ye olde England mesh disturbingly well with softly sung, darkly opaque lyrics.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 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

According to the baroque rules that govern fey tongues, everything he said was true enough, so long as you concentrate only on the words.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

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

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

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

To me they presented little but horror—to many they will seem less terrible than baroques.

From Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales by Carl Van Vechten