How to Use vitrine in a Sentence

vitrine

noun

• But what about the cute little faience hippo in the same vitrine?
  — New York Times, 6 Jan. 2022
• And, of course, there are vitrines filled with sparkling jewels.
  — Jill Newman, ELLE Decor, 29 May 2023
• The artifacts were not yet in place, and many of the glass vitrines were encased in foam and tape.
  — Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS, 16 Oct. 2017
• In it, Luna laid for hours at a time in a vitrine, wearing just a loin cloth.
  — New York Times, 15 Oct. 2020
• Hollinger took Polaroids of trees, boiled the prints (sure, why not?) and put about a dozen of the distressed emulsions in a vitrine.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2018
• The boxes are displayed toward the center of the room, in four glass vitrines.
  — Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2018
• One vitrine with three past creations is now in the lobby.
  — Robert Greskovic, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2017
• In the last act, the vitrines tilt every which way, as if after an earthquake.
  — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023
• The glass vitrines were replaced with flat shop windows.
  — Inga Saffron, Philly.com, 13 Feb. 2018
• In the center of the room was a vitrine containing the Nike Moon Shoes, which were displayed with a vintage waffle iron.
  — Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2012
• The Cypriot sun is impatient, a woman undressed who can’t spare the time to dress, so light like a vitrine holds even a storm.
  — Elisa Gonzalez, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2021
• Moran made sure there was a book from the Armstrongs’ vast collection in every vitrine.
  — Melena Ryzik, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023
• The Magritte in the seventh vitrine to my left served only to remind me how surreal the art world itself seems these days.
  — Jay Fielden, Town & Country, 12 Nov. 2015
• The ancient gold in the vitrines reminded me of a passage from Wilson’s introduction to the Odyssey.
  — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
• The screen looks good, but the room, like most of the gallery space, is still a mess, scattered with empty vitrines and submarine parts and carts of tungsten track lighting that was swapped out for UV.
  — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2018
• Right behind this platform is a wall and vitrine of ephemera provided by Dazzle.
  — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2022
• Bellelli said that for now the pithos would be given its own vitrine in the museum, alongside the Euphronius pieces.
  — New York Times, 17 July 2022
• One of the best suites occupies the former kitchen in the main house, its massive fire turned into a vitrine for art and a grand, canopied bed commanding attention in the center of the room.
  — Ann Abel, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
• The installation is luxurious: The pots are lined up in single rows of 14 in each of seven vitrines in plenty of space.
  — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 6 July 2023
• Tucked into a vitrine among these displays is a tin of pancake makeup produced by Max Factor.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2023
• The inside is a stark white space dotted with thin glass vitrines filled with bags, accessories, fine jewelry, and fragrances.
  — Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 May 2023
• Until recently, a tiny replica of Queen Elizabeth II’s oil was available to peek at in a glass vitrine near the perfume counter.
  — Town & Country, 6 May 2023
• The elevator doors open onto two vitrines and a wall case filled with 28 pulp magazines and novels.
  — Siobhan Morrissey, miamiherald, 9 June 2017
• Some of the Patek vitrines remained empty but a salesperson noted that a new shipment was due to arrive today.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2023
• The Los Angeles artist makes much of foam, folded and crumbled construction paper and glass vitrines, with bases of drywall.
  — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 3 June 2023
• The vitrines also include plaques listing the stones’ origins and properties.
  — Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 21 Aug. 2023
• The police later testified that the perpetrators hit the glass vitrines 56 times in just minutes.
  — Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 16 May 2023
• Portions of Eliot’s text are written on a tall glass vitrine containing sculpted roses amid thorny stems.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022
• In another room stand three empty vitrines on wooden pedestals.
  — Sharon Mizota, latimes.com, 18 June 2019
• Around the vitrine where the book is splayed open, contemporary artists like Judith Schaechter and Emma Helle respond with a feminine retort.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024