Example sentences for: trompe

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

  • Facing an amphitheater auditorium is a fixed décor of classical Roman statuary and columns that looks far deeper than its 4 m (14 ft), a permanent stage “curtain” of trompe l’oeil depicting the ancient streets of Thebes.

  • The interior features pretty trompe l’oeil details that add depth to the plain columns and domes.

  • As two soldiers mounted on a motorcycle and cab push inexorably into the frigid landscape--with flour substituting for snow--there's an uneasy mix of the trompe l'oeil and the trumped up.

  • Notice how the trompe l’oeil painting on the low arched ceiling aspires to turn the little church into a lofty Gothic cathedral.

  • Venice artists are among those who have pioneered the street-painting that has spread throughout L.A. — the trompe l’oeil murals covering whole façades, often three or four stories high, some creating optical illusions by depicting mirror images of the street on which they appear.


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