Sentence examples for miniature as a from inspiring English sources

The pictures are arranged in (extreme) miniature as a mosaic of Saturn; each photo, when enlarged, displays a description and section commenting on the image.

In 2005, a pair of 1780s portraits of a couple, with the wife shown wearing her husband's miniature as a pendant on a pearl strand, sold for around $6,700 at Christie's in London.

And John F. Kennedy has appeared in miniature as a G.I. Joe boat commander, as a talking politician, and as a man at ease, relaxing in a rocking chair with a newspaper.

Foer, who was taught by Oz at Princeton, says he admires this story because, in keeping with European literary tradition, it explores big ideas through small scenes and settings, "taking the miniature as a stand-in or a symbol for the cosmic or existential".

One 16th-century miniature, as vivid as a news clip, depicts a mob of Portuguese sailors attacking and killing the sultan of Gujarat.

She spent as much on some of the miniatures as a full-size house cost at the time, says Bruce Goldfarb, executive assistant to the chief medical examiner of Maryland and de facto curator of the dioramas.

The president would present each of his policy miniatures as a separate piece of legislation hoping to attract enough Republican votes to get something -- anything -- enacted and declare a victory.

That includes adjustments like the tilt-shift effect, which can make a townscape look like a miniature model, as well as better-known effects like red-eye reduction.

While most people think of miniature golf as a cartoon-like recreational activity, thanks to windmills, clowns and other obstacles, today's miniature golf courses often feature replicas of famous golf holes, complete with water, sand and vegetation hazards.

I loved miniature golf as a child, but in spite of fitful searching, I haven't played a really good miniature golf course since a Manhattan art gallery commissioned sculptors to create artistic greens for a show many years ago.

The merry laughter of the golden winged fellows wrought in miniature size as a pair of earrings is irresistible.