oil paint
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of oil paint
First recorded in 1780–90
Example Sentences
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In the most flamboyant gesture, a large cascade of lace in watery white oil paint falls from Mariana’s left hand, gently pressed against her velvet dress rather than tightly grasped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2024
Glenys has never used a paint brush, instead preferring the "immediacy" of working oil paint with torn pieces of fabric and her fingers.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2024
“Ace,” a term of excellence, objectifies the vivid word in thick blue oil paint, which seems to have been clawed from beneath an inky black field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2023
He was making reductive monochrome works — horizontal and vertical canvases in a range of subdued tones of oil paint thickened with melted beeswax.
From New York Times ● Aug. 14, 2023
An unseen hand turned off the radio as he crossed the threshold, and bags of potato chips vanished, leaving the faint scent of salt to mix with vermilion oil paint and wet clay.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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