deliquescent

Example Sentences

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But here in Cézanne’s watercolors of the cliffs of Provence — deliquescent landscapes, rocks turned into fluid — still lies a master class for artists working in a totally transformed climate, culturally and ecologically speaking.

From New York Times

Tumbledown stacks of painted wood and resin, or a huge sheet of punctured, deliquescent Styrofoam, suggest melting permafrost and worn rock formations; cast sheets of crumpled paper map changing Arctic surfaces.

From New York Times

The cloth feels taut, secure; the flesh beneath oily, blotchy, deliquescent.

From Washington Post

The John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble’s CD release performance began with “Elf” — an extended composition based around “Isfahan,” the deliquescent Billy Strayhorn ballad — and ended on a bridling, crosshatched rendition of Kraftwerk’s “The Model.”

From New York Times

Consecrated in 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI, the Sagrada Família remains an extravagant work in progress—a fever dream of deliquescent spires and vivid stained glass, ornate facades, and ornamental arches.

From National Geographic