tableau

Example Sentences

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As if Mr. Maher’s tableau weren’t enough, the evening’s varied cast now includes the champion U.S. men’s hockey team, fresh from the Olympics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 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

We’ve built up this idea that hosting must be an achievement, a spectacle, a tableau of labor: no shortcuts, no store-bought, no leaning on anyone.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2025

It’s a fleeting tableau, but it reveals the whole story: even the most forsaken creation reaches for connection the moment he’s given something warm to hold in his hands.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025

There were only thirty-two fencers competing in women’s saber, using a direct elimination tableau, so there was no first day of pool rounds.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad