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How to use painter in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Painter means an artist who paints pictures. Example: “I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.”

Examples of painter by meaning

nounA rope that is attached to the bow of a dinghy, or other small boat, and used for tying up or towing.

  • Then he untied the painter and took the sculls again.1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
  • The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed.1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, in The Three Corpse Trick
  • The number of steps had diminished by one, and the little boat was floating more freely to its painter.1980, Robert Aickman, “No Time Is Passing”, in Intrusions

More sentences with painter

  • I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.From the entry hanging
  • Any painter can benefit from the presence of a live model from which to draw.From the entry presence
  • The Old Hall simply drips with masterpieces of the Flemish painters.From the entry drip
  • The painters in the paint booth were wearing the kind of respirators with dual filter canisters.From the entry respirator
  • The name of the French painter Paul Cézanne is written with an acute accent mark.From the entry accent mark
  • Wrist drop was formerly encountered among painters, as a result of lead poisoning.From the entry wrist drop
  • The painter was named as an accomplice.From the entry name
  • I'm sitting for a painter this evening.From the entry sit
  • He commissioned a replica of the Mona Lisa for his living room, but the painter gave up after six months.From the entry commission
  • We arrived home to a scene of controlled chaos, with painters, electricians, plumbers, and workmen of all shapes and colours all over the house.From the entry controlled chaos
  • The Barbizon school of painters were part of an art movement towards Realism in art, which arose in the context of the dominant Romantic movement of the time.From the entry school
  • Both painters abjure movement—no blustery clouds or spattles of rain, few running or jumping humans.2015 September 10, W. J. McCormack, Northman: John Hewitt (1907-87): An Irish writer, his world, and his times, OUP Oxford, →ISBN. From the entry spattle
  • The man who had attacked her had used his knife like a mad Pollackesque painter.2012, Mallory Kane, Death of a Beauty Queen, page 76. From the entry Pollackesque
  • Its fantastically shaped hills and meandering rivers have been celebrated by Chinese painters and poets for centuries.1998, R. D. Chin, “The Ba-Gua”, in Feng shui Revealed, New York: Clarkson Potter, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 19. From the entry Kuang-hsi
  • Painters, composers, writers, choreographers, and even filmists are becoming less contentious.1995, Gregory Battcock, Minimal Art: A Critical Anthology, page 197. From the entry filmist
  • A slithering back porch visitor and a kindly sign painter helped a young mother overcome snake fright.1992, Wisconsin Natural Resources, volumes 16-17. From the entry snake-fright
  • Over 60 photographers, painters, craftswomen, sculptresses, and performing artists are participating in this month-long celebration.1980 August 2, C. T. McKee, Marcia Geier, “The Great American Lesbian Art Show Comes To Boston”, in Gay Community News, page 10. From the entry sculptress
  • He’s a ‘faithful’ painter — faithful to what we spiritually really are.1974, Jonathan Cott, Stockhausen: Conversations with the Composer, Pan Books, page 197. From the entry omnidimensional
  • So the king sent his painters to Moses and they brought back a picture of him.1971, David Rapaport, “The Autonomy of the Ego”, in Glenn T. Morris, editor, Dimensions of Psychology, page 5. From the entry astrologist
  • He had learned everything that the earlier fresco painters, from the time of Cimabue, had to teach.1958, Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Book One, Chapter 5, p. 23. From the entry absorber
  • Outstanding portrait painters were: Xydias, Rizos, Lembesis, Panorios, Economou, Gyzis, Nicephorus Lytras, Procopiou, Triantaphyllides.1956, Athene, volume 16, page 70. From the entry portraitor
  • “You see, I’m a painter—or will be one of these days.1954, Post Stories, New York, N.Y.: Random House, page 154. From the entry prehumous
  • The glovemaker's apprentice had become a great painter, as the picture plainly proved.1909, Hans Christian Andersen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Fairy tales, Queen's ed edition, Ward, page 338. From the entry glovemaker
  • I'm afraid it may be the detrimentals, the poets, and æsthetes, and impressionist painters, who will rave about her.2022, M. E. Braddon, Beyond These Voices. From the entry detrimental
  • Perhaps the most famous polyptych is the Ghent Altarpiece by the early Flemish painters Hubert and Jan van Eyck.2021 September 7, Reginald Wiebe, Polyptych: Adaptation, Television, and Comics, Vernon Press, →ISBN. From the entry polyptych
  • The oscillations were getting so severe that painters on the bridge learned to tie down their tins before a train passed.2020 September 23, Paul Bigland, “The tragic tale of the Tay Bridge disaster”, in Rail, page 81. From the entry rent
  • Time isn’t just a painter; time is money.2015 November 28, James Hall, “Condition: The Ageing of Art by Paul Taylor review – fires, floods and conservation”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry secco
  • The painter looked up at the ceiling.2012, Nathaniel Tower, Bartleby Snopes Issue 7, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 56. From the entry constitutional
  • The poor painter could still hear the woman's television.2012, Nathaniel Tower, Bartleby Snopes Issue 7, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 56. From the entry constitutional
  • Below, a Sunday painter dabs at a canvas near the Pont Neuf, his suit as natty as any Landru wore.2010 December 15, Peter Everett, Matisse's War, Random House, →ISBN. From the entry Sunday
  • 'What is a Sunday painter?' Matisse says aloud.2010 December 15, Peter Everett, Matisse's War, Random House, →ISBN. From the entry Sunday
  • It is painters with slack in their brush, painters all jacked up on stampede dust just tryin' to get it right.2010 August 13, Anis Mojgani, Derrick Brown, Buddy Wakefield, Junkyard Ghost Revival, SCB Distributors, →ISBN, →OCLC. From the entry painters
  • You can cut in around stained trim or into another color free-handed like a painter or with painter's tape.2004, Steve Jordan, Judy Ostrow, Painting Kitchens, →ISBN, page 46. From the entry free-handed
  • According to du Mans, Samarqandi paper was so thin that painters could use it as a transparency to copy designs.2003, Willem M. Floor, Traditional Crafts in Qajar Iran, page 290. From the entry Samarqandi paper
  • Investment dressing on the classic track is safe banking, all right, but — was Picasso a classic painter?1983, Leonard McGill, Stylewise: a man's guide to looking good for less, page 122. From the entry investment dressing
  • Chien Lung cherished those horses so much that he ordered his court painter, Castiglione, to portray them on silk.1973 October 28, “Paintings featured on stamps”, in Free China Weekly, volume XIV, number 42, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 1. From the entry Chinese Turkestan
  • This summer over 50 outdoor street art shows will display the work of Michigan and out-of-state painters and craftsmen.1967, Michigan Challenge, page 22. From the entry street art

Meaning of painter

  1. noun An artist who paints pictures.
  2. noun A laborer or workman who paints surfaces using a paintbrush or other means.
  3. noun A chain or rope used to attach the shank of an anchor to the side of a ship when not in use.

Full definition of painter

Questions about painter in a sentence

How do you use painter in a sentence?
Painter is used as a noun. For example: “I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.”
What is a short sentence with painter?
“I'm sitting for a painter this evening.”
What does painter mean?
Painter means an artist who paints pictures.

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