Example sentences for: burne-

How can you use “burne-” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Burne-Jones explained, with characteristic vagueness and paranoia, that he had depicted "a sort of Sirenland--I don't know when or where--not Greek Sirens, but any sirens, anywhere, that lure men on to destruction."

  • The Morris emphasis on the handmade, the rough-hewed, and the handed-down--what Thorstein Veblen, a year after Burne-Jones' death, wickedly called the "exaltation of the defective"--did not reverse the Industrial Revolution.

  • The theme of recovery--of his father's craft ethos, of a mother's soothing presence--runs through Burne-Jones' career.

  • Some critics celebrate Burne-Jones' use of eclectic media (paint, tapestry, stained glass) and varied imagery (Arthurian, classical, pastoral).

  • Burne-Jones hated it no less, but there's little of the social critic in his temperament.


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