How to Use period piece in a Sentence

period piece

noun
Definition of period piecenext
  • The house has been restored and furnished with period pieces.
    — Michael Candelaria, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 June 2018
  • The film is a period piece but the subject matter is very familiar.
    — EW.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Keira Knightley period pieces are 100 percent my thing, and this one looks great.
    — Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, 14 July 2018
  • The dollhouse is partially furnished with period pieces and has the same proportions as the real house.
    — Kathleen McWilliams, Courant Community, 29 June 2018
  • So much would change in that decade that Sweetbitter, which is set in 2006, can’t help but be a bit of a period piece.
    — Ellen Gray, Philly.com, 3 May 2018
  • Action series play into this, as do mysteries, dramas, period pieces, and every other genre under the sun.
    — refinery29.com, 29 May 2018
  • But fashion, especially dramatic period pieces, had been an escape.
    — Amanda Fitzsimons, Glamour, 2 Aug. 2018
  • The Cinderella story refuses to dwindle into a period piece; in the last 20 years alone there have been six film remakes with white, black and Latina leads.
    — Danielle Jackson, Longreads, 21 May 2018
  • But to make that period piece his own, the filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos laced the story with invented touches that reflect his darkly comic style.
    — Caryn James, WSJ, 22 Sep. 2018
  • 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
  • So, one of her mandates was to restore the home’s innate charm—while drawing the line between honoring the history without turning it into a period piece.
    — Carly Olson, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2024
  • 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

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