squarish
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- squarishly adverb
- squarishness noun
Etymology
Origin of squarish
Example Sentences
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Scully finds analogues in his home place for larger themes from art history, so in his 2015 “Doric Blue and Blue,” the grid resolves into the pure brushstroke, the squarish daub of Cézanne.
From Washington Post • May 27, 2022
It’s a lovely, sturdy specimen of Sears Roebuck Modern Home No. 174: an American Foursquare, with three levels and 3,000 square feet — purposefully squarish, in fact, to maximize its city lot.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2020
The squarish Kufic script, its hard angles a counterpoint to the floral excesses of the rest of the design, snaked its way up in bright blue over the two minarets.
From New York Times • May 11, 2020
But its roots are in a relatively low-fi medium, whose small, squarish frame was dominated by performers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2020
She had a square jaw and square shoulders, and brown hair cut in a short, squarish way.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
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