painting
noun
a picture or design executed in paints.
paintings
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pluralof painting.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The Osaka exhibition, running through September 27, will feature a total dozen paintings from the Mauritshuis collection, including Vermeer's "Diana and her Nymphs" and "The Laughing Man" by Rembrandt.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Investigators are working on the initial suspicion that the paintings were stolen to order by black market art thieves, according to Italian news agency Ansa.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
There are high points throughout, such as groups of impressive drawings, punctuated by related signature paintings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The “living room” was furnished with what appeared to be a bookshelf, plants, a coffee table, an armchair, a desk chair and even paintings on the walls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
But by the 1800s, the Mona Lisa was seemingly destined to be just another extraordinary Renaissance painting in a museum of extraordinary Renaissance paintings.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
