sculptural
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
While supported by a number of his remarkable drawings, the sculptural Michelangelo we see mostly second-hand, through copies, casts, and independent works made by several of his many followers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
They praised the "emotional depth" of Freije's work, highlighting its "unique sculptural vocabulary of materials and forms, as well as the haunting and expressive way she transformed the space through her arrangement of figures".
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
For this Toast display, I was inspired to create a sculptural picnic scene inspired by the outdoor gathering cultures of L.A. and the idea of having a shared blanket.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
The idea came about after another co-founder, a coder and glassblowing artist named Jim McKelvey, couldn’t sell one of his sculptural glass faucets because he couldn’t accept credit cards.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
He loved lying in the snow and playing in the snow and sitting in the snow while staring at ice shapes in all their sculptural beauty.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
