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statuary

[stach-oo-er-ee] / ˈstætʃ uˌɛr i /
NOUN
statues
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Along with furniture, clothing and religious statuary, kitchen utensils, Le Creuset pans and cigarette lighters are on offer.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

A year later and you’re still trying to cast me as anti-Noah when all I want is for Gary Oldman to get a bit of statuary for his phenomenal performance in “Slow Horses.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

It adorns an elaborate “Altar of Sin,” surrounded by classical statuary and shells.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

In the last few years, Harvey turned to sculpting imaginary but mythic-seeming artifacts that exist as both 3-D printed statuary and glossy virtual models.

From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

For a long time, I wandered aimlessly—past ruined parks, blasted statuary, vacant lots overgrown with weeds and collapsed apartment houses with rusted girders poking out of their sides like ribs.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Lush landscaping, gardens and statuaries fill out the grounds.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2020

Now I have a shelf in my office where all the statuaries are.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2018

Sonnets and Latin and Greek odes were hung upon the gates in praise of my performance, but what gave me the highest satisfaction was that statuaries and painters emulated each other in commending it.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters by Arthur Mee

The Edinburgh Review never would have thought of asking, "Who reads a Russian book?" and England was satisfied with iron from Sweden without being impertinently inquisitive after her painters and statuaries.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index by Henry Cabot Lodge

Tho on other occasions we often find the statuaries took their subjects from the poets.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey




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