How to Use brushstroke in a Sentence

brushstroke

noun

• The packaging is your first brushstroke, setting the tone and inviting customers to explore further.
  — Joel Goldstein, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
• In the bodies of the fruits, on the other hand, there is hardly a brushstroke to be found.
  — Will Heinrich, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2023
• Then the light sneaks in, a single gray-scale brushstroke low on the horizon.
  — Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 June 2023
• My rule is to make at least one brushstroke per day so the day isn’t wasted.
  — Coco Romack, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
• In broad brushstrokes, the U.S. has pursued (at least) three strategies in its Afghanistan war.
  — Phillip Carter, Slate Magazine, 11 May 2017
• Time behind the wheel presents a blank canvas, with every mile a new brushstroke.
  — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2023
• With the loosening of each brushstroke there began a rich play of light and shadow.
  — Mary Horlock, Longreads, 21 June 2018
• In the game, players lead a small sprite through landscapes of brushstrokes to solve physics- and color-based puzzles.
  — Gene Park, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2023
• With each brushstroke, grain by grain, they are transported back through the eons, as a distant lizard roars.
  — Mark Washburn, charlotteobserver, 25 May 2018
• The Schoenberg churns, and Manning’s brushstrokes can be rough, but Wheeldon stays smooth.
  — Brian Seibert, New York Times, 5 May 2023
• To make an area darker, go back over your brushstrokes with another coat of paint.
  — Woman's Day Staff, Woman's Day, 19 Feb. 2018
• Blake chose a black suit with a brushstroke pattern by Yohji Yamamoto for an edgy vibe.
  — Emily J. Sullivan, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2020
• And that Gund uses drab-colored paint brushstrokes as a motif throughout the film is more than just a little on the nose.
  — Beandrea July, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2020
• His style is as unique as any great artist who can be identified with only a few brushstrokes.
  — Rick Bentley, idahostatesman, 16 Feb. 2018
• Bill’s Painting,’’ an early-1950s work that featured broad brushstrokes of red, pink, and orange.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Oct. 2019
• As van Gogh looked at artwork of his own and others, the visuals of brushstrokes evoked music in his ears.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• One of the lighthouses protrudes off the canvas; the ground shown under the easel is also rendered in brushstroke.
  — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
• One more step and the landscape dissolves into color and brushstroke.
  — Chadd Scott, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2021
• But Tuesday night's report is the latest brushstroke in what, through Trump's own doing, looks more and more like a cover-up.
  — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 7 June 2017
• But the show’s book by Carson Kreitzer and Matt Gould is nothing but brushstrokes, widely, and at times wildly, drawn.
  — Frank Rizzo, Variety, 15 Apr. 2024
• Injera underneath acts as a palette while the flavors bleed and blend; your fingers are the brushstrokes.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2020
• While Thomas painted both in 1970, the latter work more clearly exemplifies the style of tiled brushstrokes she is now known for.
  — Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
• Lyrics can be a very simple brushstroke of a sentence, and the music will expand it and add great resonance and meaning.
  — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 23 July 2023
• Manuel Oliver is using his brushstrokes to speak on behalf of his son and the 16 other victims of the Parkland, Fla., high school shooting.
  — Melissa MacAya, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2018
• For an artist who disliked narrative, the scene is rich with pathos: the balcony rendered in stark cross hatches, the sky brushstrokes of shadow.
  — Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
• Brushstroke by brushstroke, the show paints this lovely picture of the life that Sam has chosen to build for herself and her family.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2022
• How much feeling could be squeezed into a single brushstroke?
  — Zachary Fine, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
• An oil truck made up of minimal brushstrokes speeds along the upper overpass, while the tops of small cars peek up above the concrete sides of a lower overpass.
  — Victoria Dalkey, sacbee, 23 Feb. 2018
• That comment comes from a family member of mine upon hearing the broad brushstrokes of this case.
  — Eriq Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 June 2017
• The program brimmed with elation in a range of disparate styles, from Webern’s delight in brushstrokes of tone color to the great tolling, hollering finale of Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy.
  — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024