How to Use period piece in a Sentence

period piece

noun
Definition of period piecenext
  • Though set in the late 1960s, the movie couldn’t feel less like a period piece.
    — oregonlive, 14 Oct. 2020
  • While details of the script are unknown, the film will be a period piece.
    — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Yet, in a way, series like this are period pieces in their own right.
    — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The styling showed how folk blouses and opera coats didn’t have to look like costumes in a period piece.
    — New York Times, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Although details of the script are unknown, the film will be a period piece.
    — Amanda Taylor, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Inside and out, Jones Hall is very much a 1960s period piece.
    — Dallas News, 4 May 2022
  • Although that makes sense, what’s striking is that the play doesn’t sound like a smart period piece.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2023
  • If lavish period pieces with a hint of Amadeus are your thing, Chevalier is worth your time.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Ralph Fiennes will also star in the period piece that is based on a true story.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The story is a period piece [in relation] to the other films.
    — Emily Zemler, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Nov. 2023
  • From period pieces to foreign thrillers, here’s what 11 of them are bingeing.
    — Thea Glassman, New York Times, 5 May 2020
  • There are also all the delicious trappings of a period piece—the sets, the costumes!
    — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 24 Apr. 2022
  • The film has a softer look than you’re accustomed to seeing in a period piece.
    — Keaton Bell, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Both are 1980s-set period pieces that resonate in unsettling ways in the present day.
    — La Cañada Valley Sun, 23 Sep. 2019
  • The book also inspired Clueless, which is more of a time capsule of 1995 than a period piece.
    — Lia Beck, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2024
  • But the movie also has an uncanny timeliness, a period piece that's as much about the present as the past.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Also, the man knows how to execute a great period piece.
    — Bianca Rodriguez, Marie Claire, 26 Feb. 2020
  • There were horses, mules, wagons and everything in the movie is a period piece.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023
  • There is nothing quite like a period piece to inspire a wardrobe refresh.
    — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Ancient Egypt period piece was transportive for viewers — a thrilling glimpse at life on the Nile once upon a time.
    — Max Cea, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Of course, Austen isn't the only source material for a period piece romance—and that's a good thing.
    — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 5 Jan. 2021
  • And that goes for everything in this period piece: the suits, the suspenders, the old cigarettes, chain smoking.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Mar. 2022
  • So the soundtrack was a way to evoke those feelings of nostalgia without making the movie a period piece, if that makes sense.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Aug. 2023
  • George Clooney, who directs and stars in this period piece, takes movie-watchers back to 1925, a charmingly simpler era for the game.
    — Matt Caputo, SPIN, 6 Feb. 2022
  • The year is 1963, which technically makes this a period piece.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2022
  • While plot details are covered in cobwebs, it’s been confirmed that the film will not be a period piece, instead taking place in the present day.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2021
  • As its name suggests, the six-episode period piece takes place in a fictional hotel in the coastal town of Portofino on the Italian Riviera.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2022
  • Few could've likely guessed that a period piece about a young chess prodigy would be the one that would captivate audiences the most this year.
    — Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Set in the 17th century three years after the Japanese invasion of Korea, Kingdom is an epic period piece that’s equal parts political thriller and zombie horror.
    — Megan Vick, EW.com, 30 May 2024
  • Oppenheimer, a period piece that has grossed $954 million in theaters, harkens back to an era when big Hollywood productions took home the industry’s top awards, and not the smaller budget, art-house films that have dominated more recently.
    — Thomas Buckley, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2024

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