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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Inside a pavilion built for shelter after Hurricane Iniki struck Kauaʻi in 1992, with paintings of dolphins and waves on the walls, John runs a brief tournament for eight players before a community movie night in Anahola, a homestead neighborhood reserved for Hawaiians.
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Matt Negrin, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2025
For one, a large travertine panel sculpted by Nerone Ceccarelli adds to the tactile quotient of the interiors, while a 2015 painting by Natalie Maier conveys a delicate chromatic quality.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
Come for the beer and wine and celebrate with live entertainment, music, dancing, local food and craft vendors as well as the kids carnival, which will include inflatable games, a giant slide, live animals, mini golf, train rides, face painting and balloon artists.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Put on the market for €1,500 ($1,755) by a Madrid family, who had hung it in their sitting room, a painting is discovered to be a legendary but lost Caravaggio, with a market price of maybe maybe €300 million ($351 million).
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
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Matt Negrin, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2025
For one, a large travertine panel sculpted by Nerone Ceccarelli adds to the tactile quotient of the interiors, while a 2015 painting by Natalie Maier conveys a delicate chromatic quality.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
Come for the beer and wine and celebrate with live entertainment, music, dancing, local food and craft vendors as well as the kids carnival, which will include inflatable games, a giant slide, live animals, mini golf, train rides, face painting and balloon artists.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Put on the market for €1,500 ($1,755) by a Madrid family, who had hung it in their sitting room, a painting is discovered to be a legendary but lost Caravaggio, with a market price of maybe maybe €300 million ($351 million).
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Painting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/painting. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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