artsy

Example Sentences

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The address issue has long been contentious in artsy Carmel-by-the-Sea, where residents once threatened to secede from California if they were forced to number their homes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

It was seen as too precocious or too artsy or too, I don’t know, overly grand.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025

That electorate is more educated, affluent and urban than the state as a whole, clustered in Portland’s walkable neighborhoods, college towns such as Brunswick and artsy coastal communities that swell with summer tourists.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2025

St. Petersburg also gets accolades for being an artsy city.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 29, 2025

Michael’s artsy, Caroline’s into student government, and Andrew’s another one of the scientists’ kids, like Dana.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman