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Example sentences for: icon

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

In recent years there has been a rebirth in icon painting using traditional methods, both for church renovations, and for commercial sale.
We'd quixotically hoped that she could turn to the Web in the middle of the night and find herself becoming a hip cultural icon.
An icon is a religious portrait, usually of a saint or apostle.
The smallest whitewashed churches house a simple cross, icon, and lit candles, although you will find the largest churches are somewhat more lavish and ornate.
"The most groundbreaking kitchen-sink sitcom since All in the Family ," declares Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly . Most agree, however, that the show declined in its last years, especially after Roseanne's character won the lottery and the family forsook its proletarian roots--while the actress herself mutated from caustic social critic into pop icon.