rococo

Example Sentences

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Parliament’s “Mothership Connection,” released 50 years ago this month, was a rococo musical milestone that bridged funk’s hammering, rhythmic pulse and the emerging hip-hop movement in New York and Los Angeles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

In Season 2 of the series, a rococo drama set in 1880s New York City, Bertha takes her fight to join Manhattan’s elite to the opera.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2023

In the 18th century, the ornamental rococo style introduced a more delicate and whimsical approach to pillow trim.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2023

Purple, pink and teal, with whimsical rococo plasterwork, the Venetian Court homes are an indelible snapshot of 1920s California.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2023

The front of the plant was a brick commercial building of the nineteenth century with a mansard roof that bulged out into several rococo dormer windows, the panes of which were mostly cracked.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole