arabesque
Example Sentences
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The lines curl into dense molars and concise arabesques, like visual mantras, repeated to form airy mandalas.
From New York Times
This meditative adagio is the work’s longest movement, and Olafsson stretched its darkling arabesques to more than 10 minutes.
From New York Times
This was classic couture — in sandstone tulle, sky-like lilac, blush cloud pink and dappled pastels — with arabesque motifs on golden foliage.
From Seattle Times
There, McRae hits a perilous arabesque pose on top of a weight bench and moodily drives a Zamboni over an ice rink.
From Los Angeles Times
And in its devastatingly lovely ending, Postlewaite extends a hand to Generosa, who rises to a perfect, reaching arabesque — a movement that eloquently spoke of hope.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
