canvas
Example Sentences
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Bean’s “Boat and Tote” canvas bag, and Pidgeon carries it in the show.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
The fight continued and Wilder pushed Chisora over in the fifth before landing after the bell in the sixth, while both men tumbled to the canvas more than once.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
There almost everything serves as a canvas, including painted trash doubling as decor and the silkscreened couch on which he’s seated.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
“Space,” he writes, “remains an open canvas of possibilities: not merely a source of wonder and strategic importance, but also a reflection of who we are, and perhaps what we may become.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
He settles on a blank spot above his fireplace, and he hangs it there, making the tiniest adjustments until the canvas is perfectly set against the wall.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
Vocabulary lists containing canvas
Stroke of Genius: Words About Painting
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Commonly Confused Words, List 1
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