Graces
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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"He always used to say his favourite part of sailing around the world was coming into the Mersey, seeing the Three Graces and coming back home."
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
Urs Fischer offers a literally waxen redeployment of antique statuary: a candle in the shape of the Three Graces, the central goddess facing backward, their absent heads turned into burning wicks.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2023
There’s also one at the museum, “Three Graces: Les Trois Femmes,” a piece the artist created in 2011.
From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2018
The lithe beauty pageant typical of the Three Graces in European art gets remade into something fierce, confrontational and contemporary.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2018
The Graces were particularly rude this morning, shaking their heads and staring at me with looks of disgust.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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