Example sentences for: terracotta

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

  • This holds the venerated 14th-century terracotta image of the Virgen de las Nieves, which relates to an ancient miracle when the Virgin appeared in Rome during August snow.

  • 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.

  • For a last panoramic sunset view of the city dominated by the terracotta cupola of the Duomo, take a bus or taxi to the vast Piazzale Michelangelo (anchored by a second copy of his David).

  • Or luxuriate in the "Bohemian Baroque": "terracotta, gold, salmon, and maroon chenille tapestry that is reminiscent of an earlier century" (I wonder if she knows which one).

  • The collection includes sculpted stone, alabaster, and terracotta funeral urns dating back to the sixth century b.c.


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