Sentence examples for intimate object from inspiring English sources

A book someone has written in is an oddly intimate object; like an item of clothing once worn by a person now passed away, it retains something of its former owner's presence.

Every aspect of this book is precious, from the gold leaf that makes the pages glow to the image painted by Rogier van der Weyden.By contrast, the bread and butter of illuminators was the "Book of Hours": a pocket-sized breviary, sometimes no more than three inches high, which was designed as an intimate object of devotion to guide the reader in prayer.

It might strike us as slightly curious that what seems to be the most intimate object of our acquaintance has to be known by a most indirect route.

But their identity as intimate objects handmade in clay prevails, exerting a subliminal tug.

I have seen the most intimate objects proceed to other hands, indifferent to the love once bestowed on them.

There may not be a central tower, but there will be communicating sensors in our most intimate objects.

When she returns to her parents' house — her childhood home — the mundane, intimate objects of her former life almost undo her.

He's exaggerating, but it provides the Pompeii-like fascination of seeing the intimate objects of the daily life of centuries ago, in some cases barely changed.

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My objective is to regain the intimate hand-object relationship and find a new process of craft, by embracing the invasion of technology, rather than keeping craft and technology separate.

"Fanzines are intimate graphic objects," Triggs explains, "holding meaning through their form and content but at the same time functioning to communicate.