graffito
Example Sentences
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“Thus, the monk drew a graffito of a cross onto the wall, accompanied by a prayer with which he was very familiar.”
From Washington Times • Sep. 27, 2023
Another possibility: Was the hillside carving an act of outsize graffito?
From Washington Post • May 16, 2021
The departure from type calls to mind an old graffito on the New York City subway: “Allen Ginsberg revises.”
From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2018
The third century Alaxamenos graffito depicts a worshipper standing next to a donkey-headed man on a crucifix.
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2013
On the wall on the right side is the following graffito, or inscription, scratched with some sharp instrument: IIX.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
