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statuary

[stach-oo-er-ee] / ˈstætʃ uˌɛr i /
NOUN
statues
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Under that water, buildings, statuary, coins and royal personal effects came to rest, and waited to be found.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 14, 2025

Thankfully what was saved made a much longer list - including all the stained-glass windows, most of the statuary and artwork, and the holy relic known as the Crown of Thorns.

From BBC Nov. 28, 2024

In the last few years, Harvey turned to sculpting imaginary but mythic-seeming artifacts that exist as both 3-D printed statuary and glossy virtual models.

From New York Times Jun. 6, 2024

Let broadcast networks worry about ratings; cable and streaming would concentrate on “excellence,” grab all the statuary and add “award-winning” to their algorithms.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 11, 2024

Water flared up around statuary nymphs being chased by a satyr.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Lush landscaping, gardens and statuaries fill out the grounds.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2020

Now I have a shelf in my office where all the statuaries are.

From New York Times Feb. 2, 2018

The Edinburgh Review never would have thought of asking, "Who reads a Russian book?" and England was satisfied with iron from Sweden without being impertinently inquisitive after her painters and statuaries.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index by Henry Cabot Lodge

When taken from the coffin, the lineaments of the face fully corresponded with the numerous representations, transmitted by the hands of painters and statuaries.

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by A Sexton of the Old School

This is the AEneas of our author; this is that idea of perfection in an epic poem which painters and statuaries have only in their minds, and which no hands are able to express.

From Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry by John Dryden




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