rococo
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Drake is a rococo master of self-pity, but damned if he doesn’t have a real reason for it this time.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
The palazzo is filled with ornate wall coverings and moldings, rococo furniture and artworks, and marble floors with intricately detailed inlays.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
Barely recognizable from “Welcome to Flatch” is Holmes as Carmen’s roommate Hailee, a rococo ice cream sundae of a person, talking a mile a minute, sweet and dim; as on “Flatch,” she is quite wonderful.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025
According to Heritage, it includes ornate floral accents and scrolling curves prevalent in rococo motifs that align with the reign of King Louis XV of France.
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2024
Old buildings, whose gray rococo facades housed my memories of the Forty-Niners, and Diamond Lil, Robert Service, Sutter and Jack London, were then imposing structures viciously joined to keep me out.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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