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baroque

[buh-rohk, ba-rawk] / bəˈroʊk, baˈrɔk /


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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

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

Lately, however, there are signs that the story has entered its baroque phase, as firms have to reach further and further to meet heightened expectations, and some new efforts begin to feel overwrought.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025

He established a network of mysterious contacts that enabled him to buy antiques, particularly baroque French porcelain, for which he had a weakness.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

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

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

And never minding the seed pearls, you've got quarts of baroques there.

From A Son Of The Sun by Jack London

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




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