Sentence examples for usual medium from inspiring English sources

Water was the usual medium, occasionally supplemented with sap.

Porcelain replaced stoneware as the usual medium, and polychrome decoration became widely employed.

Originally, that was young wine, or mustum, which gave mustard its name; these days, vinegar is the usual medium.

The sculptor Teresita Fernández ventures outside her usual medium to create a drawing inspired by new verse from Matthew Zapruder.

I hoped that our pictures wouldn't interfere with that ineffable mental dance but would somehow, like my usual medium of graphic novels, complement it.

At Resto, a prized spot in my old Curry Hill neighborhood, burgers mean fatback, beef cheek and hanger steak, perfectly cooked beyond the usual medium rare and capped with fried egg, red onion, pickles and mayo.

Also included are pieces by Melissa Meyer, who makes the wax as translucent as watercolor, one of her usual mediums, and by Martin Kline makes, who uses the material to create what amounts to often witty relief sculptures.

The loose theme allowed artists to go beyond their usual mediums resulting in an expressive and functional collection of radiant pieces, physicalizing each artist's individual style.

Briefly, cancer cells were initially seeded in a usual culture medium and continued in culture without changing medium until 90% of cancer cells died.

Mr. Pittman preaches that executives in these tough times must think beyond music's usual promotional medium -- radio, which tends to focus on established artists.

For land animals, the usual vibrating medium is the air; for fishes and other aquatic creatures, it commonly is the water.