baroque

Last fall, the 34-year-old released Lux, a knotty, baroque album recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra that contains lyrics in more than a dozen languages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 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

I think I described it as Nolan’s baroque reward for “Oppenheimer.”

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 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

He wore a robe of rich baroque brocades, yet on his feet were frayed, treadworn slippers.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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

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

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