How to Use Venetian in a Sentence

Venetian

adjective
  • Clooney toured the Venetian canals in a black skater dress and tan flats.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2023
  • It too is famed for its Venetian harbor and quaint old town.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2024
  • This time Poirot must get to the bottom of a murder during a Venetian seance.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The Venetian blinds on the windows also felt austere to them.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Yes, the movie takes place on Halloween; and, yes, there’s a party (in a Venetian palazzo, no less).
    Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
  • This is the Venetian summer some way removed from the flocking tourists on the main island.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 Apr. 2022
  • The kitchen’s white walls, also in Venetian plaster, take on a golden hue as the sunlight comes round from the east.
    Howard Christian, ELLE Decor, 24 May 2023
  • The foyer has Venetian polished plaster and connects to the open-plan great room.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The outline of the orchid was with a wire and then dangling from the middle of the orchid was a little Venetian chain with a drop at the end.
    Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Think tons of stone, thick Venetian plaster walls, and distressed wood.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 June 2023
  • Canaletto was a Venetian artist known for his austere cityscapes.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2024
  • The same goes for Venetian plaster walls, high-gloss walls, and even custom window treatments.
    Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Like Venetian blinds, Pratt sighs, moving his hands like shutters.
    Annalisa Quinn, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Savor a classic Bellini cocktail to toast the va-va-Venetian vibe.
    Laura Manske, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
  • When the fleet defeated the Ottomans in the Turkish-Venetian wars, they were paid handsomely.
    Trisha Thomas, ajc, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Taking the crown was Hotel Cipriani, a Venetian icon founded in the 1950s by the inventor of the Bellini cocktail.
    Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 30 June 2023
  • Then to the bedroom, with a beautiful Venetian door frame he’s reworked and adapted as a headboard.
    Chiara Barzini, Vogue, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Around 1450, the Venetian government commissioned a monk named Fra Mauro to make a mappa mundi, a map of the world.
    Dominic Green, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Vintage Venetian glass bowls from Gayot’s great aunt and grandmother hold stray pins for her mood board.
    Bebe Howorth, ELLE Decor, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Herringbone wood floors and Venetian plaster ceilings lead the way into the open-concept living room and kitchen.
    Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The action unfolds at a crumbling Venetian palazzo that’s rumored to be haunted by the ghosts of girls and boys who perished years ago during an outbreak of the plague.
    Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The Venetian Carousel will make its fair debut, standing 35 feet tall and featuring two decks of animal figures to ride.
    Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The actor was photographed boarding a Venetian water taxi with her newly betrothed wearing a white, A-line minidress.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Think Venetian plaster walls, faux gilt moldings, beamed ceilings, and travertine and hardwood floors.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 May 2023
  • In the first video, Joanna, wearing a hard hat over a baseball cap, gives the camera a cheeky smile before embracing the walls finished in black high gloss Venetian plaster.
    Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Carone was influenced by a research trip to Venice during the Feast of the Redentore, the annual Venetian festival that celebrates the end of the plague of 1576.
    Meredith Lepore, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2023
  • But overtourism has also helped to push out Venetian residents.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The first model, known as the Gladius Gullwing Limousine, aims to combine the charm of a Venetian gentleman’s tender with the tech of modern runabouts.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Downstairs at the inn is the charming Venetian taverna Via Mare, but other new offerings abound.
    Jonathan Soroff, Robb Report, 3 July 2023
  • In the entryway, the Venetian plaster walls were originally intended to be stark white.
    Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 16 June 2023

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