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Example sentences for: tableau
How can you use “tableau” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
Picasso can virtually copy a Matisse tableau without producing anything like the same effect.
Museums that will appeal to children are the Fry Model Railway Museum at Malahide Castle Estate (see page 75), while the National Wax Museum (Granby Row, Dublin 1; Tel. 872 6340) has a special “Children’s World” tableau depicting well-known fairy-tale characters and a Hall of the Megastars devoted to pop musicians.
A cowboy swings his lariat before a rearing white horse and, for a second, you're caught by the power and careful balance of the tableau.
“Chéri, can't we go to the premiere of that finde-siècle tableau vivant about clandestine intrigue in a commune?”
The physical tableau is striking: Netanyahu and Clinton, both "tall and hale" (thanks, NYT ), beside the ailing Arafat in his inevitable headdress and frail, bald King Hussein of Jordan.