Sentence examples for the motif from inspiring English sources

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the motif

noun

A recurring or dominant element; a theme.

  • See how the artist repeats the scroll motif throughout the work?

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Simplicity is the motif.

On the ground floor, the motif changes.

Smaller tentacled fixtures nearby repeat the motif.

Uncertainty was the motif of the day.

Nativist movements have always embraced the motif of subversion.

"I needed my wings," she said of the motif.

The motif later appeared in many of his paintings.

His suit is gray with a black nailhead pattern; white-on-black cufflinks repeat the motif.

Mossant Bistro At Mossant in the Hotel Monaco, the motif is hats.

Collegiate Gothic is the motif in the restaurant, or Cafeteria, as it is called here.

But there is no question that he repeatedly adapted the motif, whole or in part.

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