statuary

Example Sentences

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It adorns an elaborate “Altar of Sin,” surrounded by classical statuary and shells.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Thankfully what was saved made a much longer list - including all the stained-glass windows, most of the statuary and artwork, and the holy relic known as the Crown of Thorns.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2024

You can use plants, statuary, feathers and even bones to channel the mood — or spirits — you seek.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2023

Small armies of landscapers tend to lush grass and rolling hills, where private roads with names like “Memory Lane” and “Baby Land” lead upward past maximalist mausoleums, columbaria and replica Renaissance statuary.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2023

They had taken their money, their statuary and their gloomy oil paintings and had come to America and settled in Brooklyn.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith