arty

Example Sentences

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The maze of shadowy streets around the New York Stock Exchange has been rarely associated with elegant, arty escapes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

That work paid off with “I’m a TV,” Martin’s debut album of original songwriting that evokes the millennial indie they grew up on as well as the arty pop of the Largo canon.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025

It featured the same jackets-off, casual image, but there was also a designer chic, with an arty black-and-white picture that wouldn't have looked out of place in an upmarket jeans advert.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2024

They were exotic — not merely English, but thanks to the influence of their arty German friends Astrid Kirchherr and Klaus Voormann, they were continental.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2024

A prep school kid, a touch arty, wearing an old man’s suit and no doubt reading Camus or Kerouac.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides