How to Use neoclassical in a Sentence

neoclassical

adjective
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  • At the east end of the superblock was a neoclassical station, built of granite and glass.
    — William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Aged neoclassical villas reach down near the water there, backed by rolling hills thick with trees.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Students—only 15 at a time—had the run of this gorgeous neoclassical building for a term of three years.
    — Corey Seymour, Vogue, 1 July 2022
  • In the first decades of the 20th century, most post offices were built in the French Beaux-Arts and neoclassical styles favored for public buildings at the time.
    — Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Built in 1910, this five-bedroom neoclassical home is part of the city's King William historic district.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 30 Jan. 2022
  • Four grand columns make up the home's neoclassical façade, which does, indeed, bear a resemblance to the house Noah Calhoun, played by Ryan Gosling, builds in the 2004 movie.
    — Nathalie Kirby, House Beautiful, 28 June 2021
  • This neoclassical estate, listed for $2.4M, was at one time in the same family for about 80 years.
    — Katharine Jose, Chron, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Season three of Atlanta was filmed in Europe, which explains all the canals and neoclassical statues in the teaser.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2021
  • Many Danish artists went to study in Rome, where the great neoclassical sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen held sway.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Within hours, the entire neoclassical colossus built in the early 1800s was ablaze.
    — Meghie Rodrigues Luisa Dörr, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Within the neoclassical hall, the house lights beamed red, green, and white, three prominent colors in both the Palestinian and Sudanese flags.
    — Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Why a neoclassical garden when Colonial Revival was all the rage?
    — Washington Post, 7 July 2021
  • The Light House is a four-unit condominium in a 1915 neoclassical former church across from Dolores Park.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Gorgeous neoclassical buildings were mere shells, and wrought iron facades in SoHo served as dirt-cheap artists’ lofts.
    — Max Holleran, The New Republic, 27 Sep. 2022
  • She was portrayed as a goddess, draped in a neoclassical gown and holding a sword, an olive branch and a laurel wreath as metaphors for justice, peace and victory.
    — Cari Shane, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Opened in 1918, the neoclassical playhouse was a marquee venue in its day for local performances and touring acts.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Mar. 2021
  • Beaux Arts architecture, after all, draws on the best of the Renaissance, Baroque and neoclassical schools.
    — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 31 May 2024
  • The landscapes hang across from a smaller self-portrait, and all are executed in a neoclassical mode.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Its plans with the city also include salvaging and repurposing key features of the neoclassical building, which the city bought in 2010.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Feb. 2022
  • But the neoclassical building looks nothing like the actual house at Pooks Hill, which was Tudor in design.
    — Washington Post, 8 May 2021
  • In one photograph, people are milling around the courtyard of a small neoclassical building where the festival was housed.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Guests were then escorted inside the neoclassical building known as the Villino Rattazzi for a light lunch.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 6 May 2022
  • Soon enough, all the noblewomen of their court began to follow her fashionable neoclassical suit, as did the rest of the grand houses of Europe.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The elegant neoclassical façade invites guests to a Parisian, warm and cozy atmosphere.
    — Cécilia Pelloux, Forbes, 31 July 2022
  • The Landestheater, a handsome neoclassical pile with four hundred and ninety-one seats, was built at the behest of Ernst I, Albert’s father.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022
  • Guests clad in everything from Louis Vuitton to Gaurav Gupta filled the neoclassical theater as the rhythmic pulse of music pulled them in.
    — Shelton Boyd-Griffith, Vogue, 12 June 2024
  • Werner likens the ballet to neoclassical abstract pieces of the mid-20th century.
    — Washington Post, 12 June 2021
  • Built in 1931, the neoclassical monument itself honors former Mayor Thomas Taggart, who helped lead the way for the city park system.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Wide avenues give way to zigzagging buildings, glass domes and clusters of neoclassical housing blocks.
    — Suman Naishadham, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Tucked behind a neoclassical facade on the buzzing thoroughfare, the second Parisian outpost of the school has taken residence in the Hôtel de Mercy-Argenteau, a historical building that had never been open to the public.
    — Lily Templeton, WWD, 20 June 2024

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