insets
- present tense form of inset (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Eva Slater’s 1954 “Galaxy” insets a syncopated network of painted forms within a wooden panel, merging optical motion with material stasis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024
And the wood, of course, is perfection: Alaskan yellow cedar posts, Western red cedar beams, entry stairs with bamboo insets — with all wooden joints shaped by hand, by Makoto.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2021
Uzikee Nelson’s talismanic “Headhunter,” a person-size sculpture of black metal with red-glass insets, is clearly modern yet has primeval force.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2021
Almost inevitably there are marble floors with truffle insets, acres of Persian carpets, hard-backed settees upholstered in maroon leather, silk-shaded ginger-jar table lamps casting light on phalaenopsis orchids planted in generic tole jardinières.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2020
They themselves have invented the exercise of blindfolding their eyes so as to recognize the forms by touch only, taking out and putting back the insets without seeing them.
From Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook by Montessori, Maria
