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How to use artist in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, adjective

Artist means a person who creates art. Example: “The record companies don't get as good a return on merchandising artists under contract.”

More sentences with artist

  • The record companies don't get as good a return on merchandising artists under contract.From the entry merchandise
  • The artist took out her colors and began work on a landscape.From the entry color
  • While being impulsive can be great for artists, it is not a desirable quality for engineers.From the entry quality
  • The artist lost the copyrights to her songs when she signed the contract.From the entry copyright
  • Hume believes that principles of association steer the imagination of artists.From the entry steer
  • A person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.From the entry appearance
  • Michelangelo was a very ambidextrous artist, producing sculptures and frescoes with equal ability.From the entry ambidextrous
  • I want to add genre and artist tags to the files in my music collection.From the entry tag
  • The artist took a thoughtful toke off the joint, then passed it along.From the entry toke
  • The husband-and-wife artists will release their new collaboration in June this year.From the entry collaboration
  • See how the artist repeats the scroll motif throughout the work?From the entry motif
  • The artist was a small, intense man with piercing blue eyes.From the entry intense
  • The alumni of this university include many famous artists and politicians.From the entry alumni
  • He was the black sheep in the family, as an artist among doctors and lawyers.From the entry black sheep
  • His status as a protégé of the great artist had many benefits, but was ultimately a burden.From the entry protégé
  • Artists obscure during their life often receive posthumous recognition, too late for them to enjoy.From the entry posthumous
  • He quit his regular job and tried to make a go of it as an artist.From the entry make a go of
  • The artist just seemed to daub on paint at random and suddenly there was a painting.From the entry daub
  • In recent years, animators using computer rendering have largely superseded artists working by hand.From the entry animator
  • The scientist named his newly discovered species after a famous pop artist.From the entry name after
  • The scientist discovered a new species, which he named after a famous pop artist.From the entry name after
  • A blue ribbon jury of accomplished artists will choose the best three entries.From the entry blue ribbon
  • Audio tracks were tagged by artist, and then subtagged by title and genre.From the entry subtag
  • The con artist talked his victims out of their life savings.From the entry talk out of
  • The comic-book artist was renowned for his sparse yet evocative inkwork.From the entry inkwork
  • His daughter has set her sights on becoming a popular artist.From the entry set one's sights
  • The artist starts a relationship with the owner of an art supply shop where she shop-lifts.From the entry shop-lift
  • My record collection is sorted alphabetically by song title, but I've also cross-indexed it by artist.From the entry cross-index
  • Since I became a pick-up artist, I've performed over two hundred cold approaches.From the entry cold approach
  • Con artists are not cowed by the law.From the entry cow
  • The underpass is a popular place for graffiti artists.From the entry graffiti
  • The images are still copyright of the original artist.From the entry copyright
  • This artist clearly had a light, flowing touch.From the entry light
  • The trapeze artist put on an amazing acrobatic display.From the entry display
  • The artist worried more than was necessary: there were a lot of people at the exhibition, more than came last year.From the entry than
  • The artist chose to shadow this corner of the painting.From the entry shadow
  • Artists often treasure their works as their immortal offspring.From the entry offspring
  • The exhibition features works by the country’s foremost artists.From the entry foremost
  • The artist expressed his emotional theme through violent colors.From the entry violent
  • I am tagging my music files by artist and genre.From the entry tag

Meaning of artist

  1. noun A person who creates art.
  2. noun A person who creates art as an occupation.
  3. noun A person who is skilled at some activity.

Full definition of artist

Questions about artist in a sentence

How do you use artist in a sentence?
Artist is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “The record companies don't get as good a return on merchandising artists under contract.”
What is a short sentence with artist?
“Con artists are not cowed by the law.”
What does artist mean?
Artist means a person who creates art.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: artist (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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