baroque

Example Sentences

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Much of the historic baroque Old Town was destroyed during World War II, and under Soviet rule Narva became predominantly Russian-speaking.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Mr. Venables’s music, built on baroque and folk styles and instruments, enriches and illuminates the text.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Its curving, ever-changing titanium facade — with offset panels catching the light and wowing millions of visitors — became a symbol of a new era of baroque, digitally-driven architecture.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Though he was 3,000 miles away in California, Aldous' distinctive voice filled the room, his baroque prose about “a vast ubiquitous web of beknottedness and diversity” sending Francis into fits of uncontrollable laughter.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025

I was sitting at one of the tables wearing my customary white lab coat and my baroque pearl necklace when the children were brought in.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg