still life

Example Sentences

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Lutnick’s testimony this past week, like Bondi’s, is thus operating as a still life in what happens when the law becomes inert.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026

I don’t consider Klee—sui generis—to be a Surrealist, but “Fish Magic,” merging aquarium, children’s art, still life, cosmos and landscape, is the quintessential portrait of a dream.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

For all the movie’s crisp attention to bifurcated lives, “The History of Sound” more aptly resembles a painstakingly dry still life than a moving picture.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025

The origins of food-focused art date back to 17th and 18th-century Dutch still life paintings, in which food was utilized as “a narrative device,” wrote Elizabeth Goodspeed for the creative platform It’s Nice That.

From Salon • Jun. 29, 2025

A flashlight, a fishing knife, a pair of leather gloves, and a hunting vest fully packed with shells contributed further atmosphere to this curious still life.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote