Example Sentences

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Wright manages his scene like Classical or biblical tableaux, but his subject and cast are as modern as the philosopher’s machines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 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

The author seems to trust that a coherent narrative will emerge, without the help of analytical threads, from a jumble of facts, tableaux, faces and innumerable quotes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

The tableaux are as efficient as they are bewitching.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025

The excitement of the party, the provocation of the tableaux, “The Wreck of the Hesperus,” the consumption of far too many sweets—the children were, as they say nowadays, over- stimulated.

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