How to Use avant-garde in a Sentence

avant-garde

noun
  • In the ’70s, things were just a little bit more avant-garde.
    Vulture, 21 June 2023
  • Paik was a member of the 1960s avant-garde movement Fluxus.
    Abigail Lee, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2023
  • Couture is all about the avant-garde—not a time for playing it safe.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 3 July 2023
  • In a world where the avant-garde meets the ethereal, Susan Fang reigns supreme.
    Angela Lei, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
  • No, but really the most challenging one was the last one for me, the avant-garde.
    Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Like most avant-garde scenes, the early East Village drag boom was short-lived.
    Hugh Ryan, Curbed, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Hublot intends the watch to serve as more of an avant-garde art piece than something meant to be worn by the masses.
    Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The evening included risk-taking and avant-garde looks as well.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The upside was getting to see avant-garde heroine Björk cruise through her soundcheck on the main stage across the grounds.
    Steve Appleford, SPIN, 20 Apr. 2023
  • This avant-garde approach to making it in the art world isn’t without precedent.
    Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
  • But what if just the opposite of this heedless obituary for the avant-garde is true?
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The two shared a love for all things avant-garde and Japanese fashion, and when their paths crossed, the rest was history.
    Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2024
  • How avant-garde, really, is a group that designs postage stamps?
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Schulz wrote in Polish, and was celebrated in the 1930s by writers of the Polish avant-garde.
    Adam Kirsch, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Aguilera forwent it, and instead styled the avant-garde bottom with a simple black tee.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 31 July 2023
  • The avant-garde design featured a tiered cape that had ruffled feathers cascading down to the floor of the blue carpet.
    Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 31 May 2023
  • Christie sauntered down the runway in an avant-garde ensemble — a rubber dress worn over a blue striped corset!
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The museum’s point is to put in perspective the historic event considered the kick-off of the avant-garde movement.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The punk and the avant-garde artist started playing together as a band called Delia y los Aminoácidos.
    Beverly Bryan, SPIN, 14 Mar. 2024
  • End of carousel Simu Liu Its asymmetrical hem could look avant-garde, but could also look fussy.
    Rachel Tashjian, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
  • At the 11-minute mark, Hancock jumped from avant-garde synth stabs to elegant, note cascading runs on the baby grand.
    Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
  • In a behind-the-scenes photo shared to Instagram by Marc Jacobs himself, the piece is revealed to be an avant-garde dress.
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The middle quartets, created amid the avant-garde furor of the nineteen-twenties, border on raw noise.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
  • To accomplish that on Wednesday, the pair went with a look by avant-garde experts Viktor & Rolf Couture.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The move over the previous decade from abstraction to figuration among the avant-garde.
    Eric Gibson, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The Paris show traces not just Stein’s influence on Picasso, and vice versa, but Stein’s longer-term impact on avant-garde art.
    Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Classical notes For years, Rachmaninoff was a no-go zone for the classical avant-garde.
    Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2023
  • And Felix Art Fair has always had the vibe of being the cool kid of art week — billing itself as a contemporary avant-garde affair.
    The Editors, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Taylor-Joy, 27, channeled avant-garde bridal wear in a custom Dior look complete with a sheer white cotton organdy cape with a hood.
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Opened by two former fashion designers, the vibe is avant-garde occult.
    Monica Corcoran Harel, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023

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