PAINTING in a Sentence
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420 example sentences for PAINTING, such as:
1. He described the painting in detail.
2. I'll do some painting this afternoon.
3. We watch him beavering away at his painting.
4. He has a wide knowledge of painting and music.
5. The painting comes from his private collection.
2. I'll do some painting this afternoon.
3. We watch him beavering away at his painting.
4. He has a wide knowledge of painting and music.
5. The painting comes from his private collection.
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Meanings and Examples of PAINTING
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painting
n. graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
n. the occupation of a house painter
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 I never saw this great-uncle but I'm supposed to look like him--with special reference to the rather hard-boiled painting that hangs in Father's office.
2 Rather a stately house of its kind, but dolefully in want of painting, and with dirty windows.
3 I never saw, in any painting or reality, horror and compassion so impressively blended.
4 Over the easy chair there hung in a gold frame an oval portrait of Anna, a fine painting by a celebrated artist.
5 After trying various subjects of conversation, she got him upon painting, of which he talked very well, and she listened to him attentively.
6 He painted studies from nature under the guidance of an Italian professor of painting, and studied mediaeval Italian life.
7 He knew that by this term was understood a mechanical facility for painting or drawing, entirely apart from its subject.
8 He knew that Vronsky could not be prevented from amusing himself with painting; he knew that he and all dilettanti had a perfect right to paint what they liked, but it was distasteful to him.
9 He had enough taste for painting to be unable to finish his picture.
10 With his characteristic decision, without explanation or apology, he simply ceased working at painting.
11 Although they were still at work on the cornices outside and were painting on the ground floor, upstairs almost all the rooms were finished.
12 Pestsov, who was standing beside him, was talking to him almost all the time, condemning the music for its excessive affected assumption of simplicity, and comparing it with the simplicity of the Pre-Raphaelites in painting.
13 You never open your lips while you are painting, and it is horribly dull standing on a platform and trying to look pleasant.
14 When I am painting, I can't think of anything else.
15 I have never been in better form for painting than I am to-day.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 I'll do some painting this afternoon.
2 The art of Biblical miniature painting has a history of a thousand years.
3 The artist retouched the painting several times.
4 The artist had signed his name in the corner of the painting.
5 The painting glowed with beautiful autumn tints.
6 The painting was a long job because the room was very big.
7 She mimicked a traditional Chinese painting on paper.
8 A painting of Ingres was suspended on the wall.
9 We watch him beavering away at his painting.
10 He has a wide knowledge of painting and music.
11 The painting portrays a beautiful young woman in a blue dress.
12 The painting comes from his private collection.
13 This concept has been applied successively to painting, architecture and sculpture.
14 He described the painting in detail.
15 We were impressed by the great richness of detail in her painting.