cherub

Example Sentences

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The wall painting is located in a chapel dedicated to Italy's last king, Umberto II, and shows the cherub holding a map of Italy.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

They led by 11 after the first quarter, 17 at halftime, 33 after three, and they just kept piling it on, so much that Jack Nicholson spent the game looking like a gleeful cherub.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2023

A cherub statue the Welnicks placed outside as a memorial to a child they lost to miscarriage looked down at the rubble.

From Seattle Times • May 1, 2022

Instead, they said, “the photograph evokes themes of greed, innocence and the motif of the cherub in Western art.”

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2022

Like a tiny angel, a little cherub, sleeping after the wind had blown a lullaby into her little ears.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat