How to Use statuesque in a Sentence

statuesque

adjective
  • Even the statuesque palm trees are still growing under the desert sun.
    Megan Wood, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Think wide leg pants that emphasize a statuesque build and a suede trench tossed over the shoulders.
    Marykate Boylan, Town & Country, 21 May 2021
  • A statuesque woman in a daring red dress walked up and ordered a shot.
    Andrea Sachs, The Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2017
  • Venus, 42, as statuesque as ever, wore a green and white outfit and a white visor.
    John Branch, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Megan Thee Stallion is an ice queen in this statuesque gown, in the best way possible.
    ELLE, 28 Mar. 2022
  • The statuesque star met the D.C. power lawyer in 1982 at a dinner hosted by Maybelline.
    Liz McNeil, PEOPLE.com, 27 Oct. 2021
  • The sides of the packaging fall away, and the golden rice cake rises up statuesque on its cardboard tray.
    Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2020
  • One was found beneath a desk, one was found acting statuesque.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 29 Jan. 2020
  • Movie agents would come to check her out onstage and deem her too statuesque to be easily cast.
    Frank Bruni Photographs By Craig McDean, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2020
  • The statuesque woman grew up in a health-conscious household.
    Amy Chillag, CNN, 28 May 2018
  • Perissa beach is only seven miles from the port, planted at the base of the statuesque Mesa Vouno Mountain.
    Adrienne Jordan, National Geographic, 7 May 2019
  • Gone is Charli Collier, the statuesque center and nexus of all that Texas did last season.
    Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Agent 007 ties a mad tycoon and his statuesque aide to a plot to flood Silicon Valley.
    Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Agent 007 ties a mad tycoon and his statuesque aide to a plot to flood Silicon Valley.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The statuesque building has always stood proudly on the outside waiting for the city of Detroit to join her.
    John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, 12 June 2018
  • At a statuesque 5 feet 11 inches, Ms. Reece not only has the body of an elite athlete, but the endurance and willfulness of one.
    New York Times, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Indeed, with such a statuesque figure, gowns just radiate on her—even when they are paired down and in black.
    Barry Samaha, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Feb. 2020
  • And Doja Cat's look muddled the boundaries between real flesh and statuesque works of art just as much as those dipped in gold.
    Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Glide past statuesque trees and ski in / ski out mountain homes in the exclusive residential area known as The Colony.
    Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Attached were three photos of a statuesque blonde with a prominent nose and high cheekbones.
    Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2019
  • Yoan Moncada looking statuesque while faking a bunt in an at-bat against Cole Hamels?
    Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 18 June 2019
  • None of this would work, of course, without both Goldblum’s statuesque presence and willingness to take such a fashion risk.
    Steff Yotka, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2019
  • In a sneak peek of the photo shoot for her documentary series, Caitlyn Jenner stands statuesque in a navy gown with a lace back.
    Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 28 Sep. 2015
  • One woman, curvy and statuesque in her nude shot, looks dumpy in an oversized T-shirt tucked into baggy cargo pants.
    Regina Lynn, WIRED, 4 Feb. 2005
  • And while the statuesque British actress keeps the two worlds distinct in her mind, her combat skills are actually a bridge between them.
    Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Edward Albee’s statuesque Pulitzer Prize winner returns to the stage.
    Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Feathers are also attached to the headpiece completely stacked atop her head, which makes her stance fierce and statuesque.
    Jennet Jusu, Allure, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The architect is Jeanne Gang, who rose to prominence a decade ago for her 82-story Aqua, a statuesque slab in Chicago that was the tallest building in the world designed by a woman.
    John King, SFChronicle.com, 12 July 2020
  • Clayton was statuesque, and was an unemotional wall in contrast to her tears.
    Haley Kluge, Variety, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Whereas his nine-to-five slam dunks are on the rights of the Palestinians, the real dream of the point guard Netanyahu, standing at a statuesque six feet tall, goes beyond building apartheid walls.
    Broti Gupta, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2021

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