Example Sentences

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The linen, in its raw, unprimed state, conveys brownness of earth and of skin, as well as the rough texture of textiles.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2022

Later, she did away with the idea of “paint on canvas” by essentially fusing the paint and the canvas: saturating unprimed grounds with liquidy, thinned-out oil and acrylic.

From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2019

There is some bravura brushwork, where Anna’s lace-cuffed hands clutch a handkerchief, with unprimed canvas peeking through, and daubed hints of Japanese-style floral patterning on a curtain that commands the left side of the picture.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 31, 2015

It centres on the so-called “black pour” paintings, made from 1951-3 using black enamel paint on unprimed canvas, which is often left bare.

From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2015

Their route lay through an unprimed forest, abounding in thickets and undergrowth.

From Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea by Brayman, James O.