ARTISTIC in a Sentence

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In her affection for Raymie's defender, in her desire to "discover artistic talent," Carol prepared to be delighted by the recital.

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 Meanings and Examples of ARTISTIC
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
artistic
 a.  relating to or characteristic of art or artists
 a.  aesthetically pleasing
Classic Sentence: (154 in 11 pages)
1  The raised platform for the musicians was especially artistic.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  She had shown her artistic intelligence in selecting a type so like her own that she could embody the person represented without ceasing to be herself.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 12
3  They made a specialty of sandwich-salad-coffee lap suppers, and they regarded Carol as their literary and artistic representative.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
4  It's mighty pretty, but I'll admit we aren't any too darn artistic.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
5  I tell them they have more artistic gifts than they know.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
6  In her affection for Raymie's defender, in her desire to "discover artistic talent," Carol prepared to be delighted by the recital.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
7  Miss Stowbody expressed the fundamental principle of the American drama: the only way to be artistic is to present Shakespeare.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
8  They were exalted by the picture of themselves as being simultaneously business-like and artistic.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
9  Guy Pollock answered with disconcerting readiness, "I'll tell you: since we're going to try to do something artistic, and not simply fool around, I believe we ought to give something classic."
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
10  It was an admirable artistic exploit, rarely achieved by the best harpooneers of the present day; inasmuch as this Leviathan was slain at the very first dart.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 82. The Honour and Glory of Whaling.
11  But, alas, it was again the case of the honest merchant, who finds that the genuine and unadulterated article is driven to the wall by the artistic counterfeit.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
12  When we come to the phenomena of artistic conception, artistic gestation, and artistic reproduction I require a new terminology and a new personal experience.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
13  Because, without intending it, I have put into it some expression of all this curious artistic idolatry, of which, of course, I have never cared to speak to him.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1
14  Sometimes, however, a tragedy that possesses artistic elements of beauty crosses our lives.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
15  I once wore nothing but violets all through one season, as a form of artistic mourning for a romance that would not die.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
Example Sentence: (130 in 9 pages)
16  The gallery has risen to the challenge of exhibiting the works of young artists.
17  Then, attitudes changed and artists were given greater freedom in their choice of subject matter.
18  The cultural life of the country will sink into atrophy unless more writers and artists emerge.
19  Poets and artists often draw their inspiration from nature.
20  This return to realism has produced a revival of interest in a number of artists.
21  The picture project was part of a district wide experiment to involve children with professional artists.
22  A long drum roll introduced the trapeze artists.
23  Romantic artists portrayed nature as wild and powerful.
24  The Blue Note Quartet will be the guest artists tomorrow night.
25  The exhibition gives local artists an opportunity to display their work.
26  It was a stylish performance by both artists.
27  This restaurant is a popular rendezvous for local artists.
28  The association was formed to represent the interests of women artists.
29  The Eighties were an important decade for sculpture when many contemporary artists turned to three-dimensional work.
30  In the opera La Boheme, we get a picture of the promiscuous life led by the young artists of Paris.