FRESCO in a Sentence

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For FRESCO, below is one of 4 sentences:
Still drifting along and talking, they scarcely noticed that they were now in a part of the cave whose walls were not frescoed.

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 Meanings and Examples of FRESCO
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fresco
 n.  cool, refreshing state of air; art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries
Classic Sentence:
1  Not a fresco nor a picture nor a bronze nor a flower nor a china what-not nor a book was there to be seen.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III
2  Still drifting along and talking, they scarcely noticed that they were now in a part of the cave whose walls were not frescoed.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
3  Then he turned his attention to embroideries and to the tapestries that performed the office of frescoes in the chill rooms of the northern nations of Europe.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11
Example Sentence:
1  The cathedral is visited by many tourists who wish to admire the fresco by Giotto.