sculpture
noun
the art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the round.
sculptures
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pluralof sculpture.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof sculpture (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
sculpturenounthe art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the round.
Example Sentences
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Halloween here is a wonderland, and Descanso continues to lean heavily into the fantastical, this year adding glowing wire sculptures from Helsinki-based artist Alexander Reichstein.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
He began with Kenyan utilitarian objects and commemorative sculptures before expanding into whatever captured his attention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
But the few strong illustrations and even fewer high-quality paintings and sculptures are bracing outliers amid a sea of mostly 19th- and 20th-century melodramatic, sentimental and patriotic illustration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The work of artist and architect Hiroshi Sugimoto, the new garden has been expanded to some 60 sculptures while its relationship to the National Mall and to the Hirshhorn Museum’s plaza has been strengthened.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
My gouache painting of Buddy Gui’s house—about a mile away from our house—shows his garage door open and all his chain-saw sculptures dragged out onto his driveway.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
