Example Sentences

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The British photographer Martin Parr transformed moments from the everyday world into vibrant, witty tableaux.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The London museum highlights the 18th-century painter’s rich, shadowy tableaux, emblematic of their age of intellectual discovery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

Unlike military parades in many Western capitals, India's Republic Day also blends displays of its military capability with cultural performances and regional tableaux, projecting both power and diversity.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

This deservedly anticipated “Frankenstein” transforms that loneliness into stunning tableaux of Victor and his immortal Creature tethered together by their mutual self-loathing.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

“Wolves and gruesome ends, and signed with an A\ Does this mean it was Lord Fredrick who requested those disturbing tableaux and without your knowledge?”

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood