How to Use triptych in a Sentence

triptych

noun
  • The work, premiered in 2012, is the first part of a triptych.
    Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Shevarim, the cry from the heart, the triptych of notes that speak of a sense of brokenness.
    The Economist, 11 July 2019
  • The work is a triptych of vignettes of Moss being, well, Kate Moss.
    Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
  • The best of the triptych is certainly the two women cheesin' on the tarmac, though the ladies look great in all of them.
    Elizabeth Logan, Teen Vogue, 19 Oct. 2017
  • But why were only two of the triptych’s three pieces offered for sale?
    Anne Glusker, Smithsonian, 6 Apr. 2017
  • The triptych will become the world’s first painting to go public.
    Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 23 June 2023
  • The crepe is folded like a triptych, creased or cut in half and handed over still steaming.
    Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2017
  • The impressive work of art is a triptych crafted from wool yarn.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Zanasi was a vocal rock of Gibraltar throughout the triptych.
    John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 16 Oct. 2017
  • The same could be said for a polished bronze triptych by Garnier & Linker, set on the marble counter.
    Rima Suqi, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The stage is thus set for Hilma, a triptych of an opera about the eponymous Swedish artist and mystic, who was arguably the most famous member of The Five.
    Rhoda Feng, ARTnews.com, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The artwork at the heart of the controversy is an 1898 triptych by Nicolaas van der Waay titled Homage of the Colonies.
    Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020
  • For Salomon and others in the art world, the assembly of Cimabue’s large triptych has been a thrilling piece-by-piece treasure hunt.
    Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Her goal was a triptych of paintings that re-imagined the drip bag as personal totem.
    Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Is Jet of Water an addendum to the triptych that Bacon did the year before?
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 3 Mar. 2020
  • The Bravo plays nicely with a 2012 triptych by Thomas Demand.
    Leah Ollman, latimes.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Most of the cast play multiple characters across the triptych.
    Zoe Guy, Vulture, 29 May 2024
  • McDonald settled on Hepburn and Colt to round out the triptych.
    Matt Ormseth, courant.com, 7 June 2017
  • The plaque is part of a triptych at the entrance to Bartlett Hall, West Point's science center, according to the commission.
    Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2022
  • One of his most famous works, a photo triptych from 1995, shows him smashing a Han dynasty urn.
    CNN, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Don’t miss the winged altar and triptych depicting Great Reformer Martin Luther – who preached in the church – as a monk, squire and teacher.
    Smithsonian, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Another trio, which is fitting, since each of these movies is structured like a triptych.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Upon opening the box is a triptych recreation of the original La Grande Course painting.
    Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2023
  • In one triptych, figures hid behind two dense curtains of hair, only their bright pink arms and feet showing.
    Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 30 May 2024
  • That triptych influenced Giger's design for the chest-burster version of the titular alien.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Oct. 2019
  • The triptych cockpit display looks like a gamer’s desktop setup.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 27 Mar. 2021
  • With her studio team in Milan, Molloy crafted a triptych tee, made from three old T-shirts that weren’t getting enough love.
    Steff Yotka, Vogue, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Because when Past Lives throws you into the last part of its triptych story, another dozen years have passed and the stakes have become so much higher.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2023
  • In the middle of it all was the largest panel of the exhibit, a triptych of three Siriano black dresses from 2018—the most of any designer featured in this year's galleries.
    Faran Krentcil, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Her alluring likeness is rendered in the triptych, Lounging, Standing, Looking.
    Wren Sanders, Them, 26 July 2024

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