motif

Example Sentences

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Bee motifs - stickers, balloons, even pavement art - are all over the suburb, in remembrance of Matilda, the terror attack's youngest victim.

From BBC

To open it up to the street, the architects chose the motif of “frames, apertures and doorways.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"The ability to divide space evenly, reflected in these floral motifs, likely had practical roots in daily life, such as sharing harvests or allocating communal fields," Garfinkel explains.

From Science Daily

Sayeed views the distinctive motif as a symbol of their connection.

From Los Angeles Times

“There was a whole conversation about not just the aesthetic but the importance of that motif,” Crombie says.

From Los Angeles Times