Daliesque
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Daliesque
Example Sentences
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He was dressed in a rather severe dark suit, no one around him, a solitary figure, available for a ruling if called upon, but looking more like a fragile figure in a Daliesque landscape.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 9, 2020
I clicked the mandala again, and the machine continued writing its Daliesque version of Ross’s Profile, using, in addition to the first prompt, the prose it had already generated to generate from:
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 7, 2019
Inside, a Daliesque entryway confronts you with myriad doorknobs.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2015
The cluster of smart-looking oceanfront palapas, complete with Daliesque cactus gardens, private saltwater plunge pools and iPod docks are a far cry from the area’s typical ramshackle guest cottages.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2013
This new production is sumptuous by City Ballet standards, but the singers are nearly incomprehensible, the Daliesque sets poorly lit and the comic effects too often unfunny.
From Time Magazine Archive
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