tableau

As we left the area, we saw a tableau of suffering with families dotted around seeking shelter under scrawny trees.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

This is the dismal tableau today in Venezuela’s Maracaibo Basin, which, for much of the last century, was one of the globe’s leading sources of petroleum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2026

But as the company grew, marketing its locations as a tableau in which to “stay awhile” ultimately meant there was a finite number of people they could sell coffee to per day.

From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2025

Christmas often inspires visions of perfection: the geometrically precise tree, the artfully arranged mantel, the candlelit feast a flawless tableau.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

Other than our chaos, it was so quiet on the block, you could almost hear the tick, tick, tick of the property values dropping as passersby took in the tableau of horror.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick

Our critic called it “a loosely sketched drama told via visually impeccable tableaus and a few flights of well-staged fancy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026

These tableaus take place against the backdrop of an increasingly militarized vision of Christmas that permeates American pop culture.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025

Polaroids, knick knacks and mementos are carefully arranged in various tableaus — much as he left them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025

Following the processions, the bonfire societies burned their tableaus and let off fireworks in their respective fields.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2024

Millet had planned an elaborate series of explosive “set pieces,” fireworks affixed to large metal frames shaped to depict various portraits and tableaus.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

These highly detailed tableaux of laundromats speak to immigrant life as characters from East Asian mythology and Mexican traditions tumble around washers, buy detergent from vending machines, and mingle in laundry baskets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Shakespeare in the park is the dominant form of outdoor theater, but don’t miss out on seeing Broadway musicals in Rancho Mirage, the ancients at Getty Villa or tableaux come to life in Laguna Beach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

In her tidy Alhambra home studio, she meticulously assembles out-of-this-world tableaux in saturated, punchy hues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

Unlike military parades in many Western capitals, India's Republic Day also blends displays of its military capability with cultural performances and regional tableaux, projecting both power and diversity.

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026

Charades at least might go over well, as long as the tableaux did not involve any reference to small, bushy-tailed animals that stored nuts in their cheeks.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood