baroque

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

Much of the historic baroque Old Town was destroyed during World War II, and under Soviet rule Narva became predominantly Russian-speaking.

From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026

Its curving, ever-changing titanium facade — with offset panels catching the light and wowing millions of visitors — became a symbol of a new era of baroque, digitally-driven architecture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

Margaret Kochamma’s tiny, ordered life relinquished itself to this truly baroque bedlam with the quiet gasp of a warm body entering a chilly sea.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

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

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

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

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