tableau

Example Sentences

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This is the dismal tableau today in Venezuela’s Maracaibo Basin, which, for much of the last century, was one of the globe’s leading sources of petroleum.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

But as the company grew, marketing its locations as a tableau in which to “stay awhile” ultimately meant there was a finite number of people they could sell coffee to per day.

From Slate • Dec. 22, 2025

The overeager holiday helper — that perennial character in the Thanksgiving tableau.

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2025

It is seen here on film and also in a large tableau, its mysterious backdrop animated by Rodeo FX.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025

Inside was a tableau of frustration that might’ve been straight out of Norman Rockwell, if Norman Rockwell had painted people doing hard time in jail.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs