graffito

Example Sentences

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“Thus, the monk drew a graffito of a cross onto the wall, accompanied by a prayer with which he was very familiar.”

From Washington Times • Sep. 27, 2023

Their theory also fit with an ancient graffito found in Puteoli, Italy, depicting a crucified individual, with a woman’s name, Alkimila, above a shoulder.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2023

Adding insult to injury was the appearance of a stenciled graffito — “It’s Like Talkin to a Wall” — across the section, with the same sentiment expressed in Arabic above and Hebrew below.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2015

I would be surprised if there wasn’t some kind of cosmetic fix that would be able to largely eradicate this graffito.

From Slate • Feb. 17, 2015

Not until the last half of the twentieth century would the graffito in English receive the kind of attention that had been paid it in England in the 1730s.

From The Merry-Thought: or the Glass-Window and Bog-House Miscellany. Part 1 by Guffey, George R.