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UK
/stˌætʃuːˈɛsk/
]
[ US /ˌstætʃuˈɛsk/ ]
[ US /ˌstætʃuˈɛsk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- of size and dignity suggestive of a statue
- suggestive of a statue
How To Use statuesque In A Sentence
- The front garden slopes away from the house, with the incline packed with an interesting array of shrubbery and tall flowers - white flowering eucryphia and myrtle blend with statuesque hoheriay and elegant miscanthus grasses.
- The statuesque theme continues in the vegetable garden where there are great fronds of fennel and huge clumps of Cynara Scolymus - globe artichoke, their purple thistle heads abuzz with bees.
- And whilst she was statuesque, her body was fully in proportion, slim and shapely, moulded by a carefully understated outfit.
- The unusual focus on Gerald's neck eroticizes this aspect of his body by highlighting the fact that here his clothes start, just where his statuesque body begins.
- She confirms the theory that the shape of the loaf, suggesting a statuesque matron, gave the bread its name and that the fluted tube pan used resembles the skirt of a peasant woman.
- There are also some marvellously statuesque perennials for boggy soil. Times, Sunday Times
- Statuesque in a paiette festooned knit dress, Whitney Port took it all in whilst sipping her champy.... The Daily Truffle: People Hosts Red Carpet Style Party at Newly Remodeled Decades Atelier
- The guests needed little reminding as the statuesque bride proved utterly captivating.
- She's playing chic, statuesque Jacqueline, whose 25th anniversary as the doyenne of restaurateurs on the St Tropez waterfront is marked by the presentation of a bouquet: a case of Goodyear for the roses.
- Her identical poses mimic Newton's paired photographs showing a group of statuesque fashion models similarly dressed and undressed.