- plural of tableau.
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 staging, arranged around striking tableaux, is at once cinematic and fleetly theatrical.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 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
The author seems to trust that a coherent narrative will emerge, without the help of analytical threads, from a jumble of facts, tableaux, faces and innumerable quotes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
Telling them what sort of tableaux to prepare?”
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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