totems
Example Sentences
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Early in his career Noguchi was identified as a sculptor, known for modernist abstractions—enigmas in wood, stone, metals, plaster, ceramic and aluminum—that conjure totems, boulders, edifices and artifacts, while synthesizing Western and Eastern traditions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
None of their totems turned up in the way we know they can.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
More often than not, the things the gang cooks, markets or consumes are totems of their most earnest, if wildly misdirected, ambitions.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2025
What Lévi-Strauss concluded about totems can be applied to dioramas, too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2024
All the totems of Bull’s disenchantment with the South could be carved from pillars of congealed grits.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
