Winged Victory


noun
  1. a Greek marble statue (c200 b.c.) of Nike found at Samothrace and now in the Louvre, Paris.

  • Also called Nike of Samothrace, Victory of Samothrace, Winged Victory of Samothrace.

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How to use Winged Victory in a sentence

  • It was enough to shake the nerves of the Winged Victory; but Mrs. Lorimer went through it like a heroine.

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  • It was as upsetting as though the bronze Winged Victory on the parlour mantel should begin to weep.

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  • Nearly every American girl has a cast of the Winged Victory of the Louvre in her room.

  • At either end of the scene, in the background, is an image of a Winged Victory with a wreath and palm.

  • As the Winged Victory represents flying in sculpture, so his work is the extreme example of action with the brush.