texture
noun
the visual and especially tactile quality of a surface.
textures
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pluralof texture.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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No matter what you thought of her attempts to channel Blondie and Joan Jett on 2020’s “Plastic Hearts” or incorporate goth and industrial textures on 2025’s “Something Beautiful,” the results were rarely boring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Life was an onslaught of bright lights, loud noises, intolerable textures and tastes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The record concludes with “Tyrants of the Mellow Moon,” a final ode to AutoTune with a circular chord production and unusual synth textures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
For those who use art to help shade in the textures of their lives — as sticking points to shape a memory — there is no better place to do so than Letterboxd.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
He had spent an afternoon here, before Kingshaw had come, and found a trunk full of odd lumps of rock, of different textures and colours.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
