Example Sentences

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In her tidy Alhambra home studio, she meticulously assembles out-of-this-world tableaux in saturated, punchy hues.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Wright manages his scene like Classical or biblical tableaux, but his subject and cast are as modern as the philosopher’s machines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

The staging, arranged around striking tableaux, is at once cinematic and fleetly theatrical.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

His tableaux don’t always succeed, but when they do, their strangeness hints at things beyond ordinary ken.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

She had always enjoyed the theatrical aspects of her profession: performing, posing, composing tableaux, directing acts.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole