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

He instructed Harnett to select from among Abbe’s own possessions for the still life, and Harnett chose objects that reveal the comfortable, cultured aspects of his client’s life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

And it continues to be popular today, with dramas and TV shows like Traitors showing there is still life in the murder-mystery format.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 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

What happened was that a few days after they split, I was in the Art Room with some other girls, working on a still life.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro