1
: a product of painting
especially
: a work produced through the art of painting
2
: the art or occupation of painting
Examples of painting in a Sentence
They hung the painting in the living room.
The woman in that painting is my grandmother.
I like painting more than sculpture.
He is studying abstract painting.
She wants to devote all her time to painting.
The room is ready for painting.
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Orlik used to glimpse Warhol paintings on the walls inside.
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Sam Knight, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
In Wertheimer’s painting, Agrippina’s friend and attendant Acerronia Polla clings to her for dear life as the opulent ship built to fall apart is doing its dirty work.
—Diana Arterian
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
Meanwhile, photographer Morimura Yasumasa creates self-portraits that merge his own face with historical images and iconic paintings.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2025
One unit for inmates had a painting on one wall featuring a covered wagon.
—Heather Hollingsworth, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
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Sam Knight, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
In Wertheimer’s painting, Agrippina’s friend and attendant Acerronia Polla clings to her for dear life as the opulent ship built to fall apart is doing its dirty work.
—Diana Arterian
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
Meanwhile, photographer Morimura Yasumasa creates self-portraits that merge his own face with historical images and iconic paintings.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2025
One unit for inmates had a painting on one wall featuring a covered wagon.
—Heather Hollingsworth, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
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“Painting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/painting. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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