How to Use brushstroke in a Sentence

brushstroke

noun
  • The four men are framed by brushstrokes that evoke railroad tracks.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2026
  • The four men are framed by brushstrokes that evoke railroad tracks.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2026
  • My rule is to make at least one brushstroke per day so the day isn’t wasted.
    — Coco Romack, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
  • In a few quick brushstrokes, we are introduced to the cast and crew.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Then the light sneaks in, a single gray-scale brushstroke low on the horizon.
    — Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 June 2023
  • Her awe comes through in her mighty brushstrokes, green and brown and enchanting.
    — Grace Edquist, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2024
  • To make an area darker, go back over your brushstrokes with another coat of paint.
    — Woman's Day Staff, Woman's Day, 19 Feb. 2018
  • Time behind the wheel presents a blank canvas, with every mile a new brushstroke.
    — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2023
  • There are brushstrokes and smudges, as if the world were realized in pastels.
    — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
  • His style is as unique as any great artist who can be identified with only a few brushstrokes.
    — Rick Bentley, idahostatesman, 16 Feb. 2018
  • In the bodies of the fruits, on the other hand, there is hardly a brushstroke to be found.
    — Will Heinrich, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2023
  • How much feeling could be squeezed into a single brushstroke?
    — Zachary Fine, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
  • With each brushstroke, grain by grain, they are transported back through the eons, as a distant lizard roars.
    — Mark Washburn, charlotteobserver, 25 May 2018
  • With the loosening of each brushstroke there began a rich play of light and shadow.
    — Mary Horlock, Longreads, 21 June 2018
  • Webb just isn’t ready to say how his specific brushstrokes will transform the canvas.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 12 June 2026
  • One more step and the landscape dissolves into color and brushstroke.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2021
  • During a beach day, Alba rocked a funky black-and-white brushstroke bikini.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 21 Feb. 2026
  • No one story supplants another, no brushstroke blots out the past.
    — Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
  • Confidence starts within and my job is to reflect that back to them with every brushstroke.
    — Essence, 21 July 2025
  • This season includes a brushstroke of blue added to the artisanal line-up of heirlooms.
    — Gemma A. Williams, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Blake chose a black suit with a brushstroke pattern by Yohji Yamamoto for an edgy vibe.
    — Emily J. Sullivan, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2020
  • That comment comes from a family member of mine upon hearing the broad brushstrokes of this case.
    — Eriq Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 June 2017
  • Sometimes Nix takes his brushstrokes to an entirely new canvas.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Injera underneath acts as a palette while the flavors bleed and blend; your fingers are the brushstrokes.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2020
  • For Di Santo, makeup on a bride is like putting the final brushstroke on a painting.
    — Ari Stark, WWD, 8 Oct. 2024
  • As van Gogh looked at artwork of his own and others, the visuals of brushstrokes evoked music in his ears.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Every hammer swing, every brushstroke, every late night—this building has been a true labor of love.
    — Charna Flam, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Its finish is long and lush, painting the palate with broad brushstrokes of butterscotch and cinnamon.
    — Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
  • Stone bridges arch over ink-dark canals like brushstrokes, and Zhouzhuang begins—not with grandeur, but with intimacy.
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Van Gogh’s brushstrokes are feeling made visible.
    — Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025

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