Gestalt

Example Sentences

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And if you take things out, you’re losing the power of the gestalt, essentially, of the larger gesture that they made.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025

The guides, it said, reflect “the whole gestalt of India’s association with sky and space.”

From Science Magazine • Nov. 7, 2023

"Almost no individual element of this was original—beans and greens have been the stuff of dinner since beans and greens began—and yet the gestalt had something to it, something unexpectedly right."

From Salon • Jan. 16, 2023

Its gestalt was slightly different than prophecy books of today; it was very focused on esoteric signals and secret messaging.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2022

It was the creation of the gestalt Bobby needed to prove to himself that he was capable of dominance.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady