Chinese ink
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Like the work of a traditional Chinese ink painter, her words sketch around spots of blankness, leaving suggestive lacunae.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 30, 2019
He was clicking through a slideshow that included an image of the building’s structural system hand-drawn in Chinese ink.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2017
The setting at the Aug. 19 meeting was calm: A room with plush cream carpets, Chinese ink brush landscape paintings and a vase of purple orchids.
From Reuters ● Sep. 11, 2014
Some look like giant Rorschach blots, others like oversize Chinese ink brush swaths.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2012
It might have been less complex had Bristol board and Chinese ink been less expensive; with these materials he could have achieved marvels to silence all prejudice and stupidity; but they were too costly.
From The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett
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