Example sentences for: stucco

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

  • Take a look inside at the stucco carvings, tapestries, and handsome wood paneling.

  • Narrow alleyways with a mélange of Venetian and Ottoman buildings, a canvas of faded terracotta and ochre stucco dressed with restaurant signs or wares for sale.

  • The most interesting part is the Patio de las Doncellas (Courtyard of the Maidens), where the rooms preserve outstanding decorative features — ornamental tiles, carved stucco, and characteristic coffered artesonado ceilings.

  • In gentle contrast to the austere Italian Gothic exterior of the Palazzo Vecchio by Arnolfo di Cambio (architect of the Duomo), Vasari added ornate stucco and frescoes to the first inner courtyard for a Medici wedding in the 1560s (the palazzo served briefly as a Medici residence until they moved across the river to the Palazzo Pitti).

  • The result: spectacular theories, tales decorated with filigree and gilded rosettes and stucco clouds.


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