Example sentences for: iconoclasm

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

  • It seems to me absurd to try and read an image like The Holy Virgin Mary 1996 in purely formal terms, because it would be to apply aesthetic criteria and art-historical comparisons to a work that draws its power primarily from iconoclasm and irreverence.

  • Howls of iconoclasm and protests against tainting the official chamber with Tammany Hall vote-buying rang then and ring now.

  • Southwest's corporate culture of officially sanctioned iconoclasm, if there can be such a thing, is far from typical.

  • Orgies of high-mindedness like the Volunteer Summit--four presidents, Colin Powell, the networks, celebrities, corporations, foundations, all huffing and puffing in Philadelphia--are a cheap target for knee-jerk iconoclasm.

  • Fifty-five million Gen Xers, once hailed for their iconoclasm, have been discarded as "cynical" and "sour."


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast