image-breaker
Example Sentences
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He was alternately the worshipper and image-breaker of etiquette, ministerial and opposition party thereof, as his vanity dictated.
From Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) by Richter, Jean Paul Friedrich
He appeared to be more of an image-breaker than he really was.
From Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks
In that case our friend the image-breaker has begun operations in another quarter of London.
From The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
To his contemporaries he appears as an image-breaker, but to the clearer vision of to-day he stands an unshakable barrier to lawless iconoclasm.
From How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art by Krehbiel, Henry Edward
In attacking the masters, irreverent youth is only defending itself; the iconoclast or image-breaker is a Stylite who erects himself as an image, an icon.
From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)
