Statue is an English word with synonyms like sculpture. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Statue in a sentence
Related words
Statue meaning
- A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.
- A portrait.
Synonyms of Statue
Using Statue
- The main meaning on this page is: A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting. | A portrait.
- Useful related words include: sculpture.
- In the example corpus, statue often appears in combinations such as: the statue, statue of, statue was.
Context around Statue
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 13 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Statue
- In this selection, "statue" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tallest, magnificent, hanuman, now, outside and forms stand out and add context to how "statue" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include adding a statue of an and ambedkar the statue of social. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "statue" sits close to words such as associates, diagnosis and emotions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with statue
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Earlier on Wednesday, Chief Minister Reddy called the statue of BR Ambedkar "the statue of social justice". (17 words)
Columbus statue removed from California CapitolCrews were removing a statue of Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella from the California state. (20 words)
The wild story of a stolen San Jose statue got wilder when a reporter found the missing statue in a scrapyard. (21 words)
The Army Corps of Engineers studied the patina for any ill effects to the statue and concluded that it protected the skin, "softened the outlines of the Statue and made it beautiful."sfn The statue was painted only on the inside. (41 words)
Immediately after the earthquake, measures were taken for the protection of the statue of Şuppiluliuma, the statue of the Hittite king who left his mark on the history of the Near East for 35 years, Arsuz Steles, Antakya sarcophagus and mosaics. (41 words)
Plus, one of my favorite episodes of Malcolm Gladwell’s “Revisionist History” podcast is about the Foot Soldier of Birmingham statue in Kelly Ingram Park and the controversy about the direction of the statue versus its source material. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
This magnificent statue, now the tallest Hanuman statue outside India, is also the tallest statue in Texas and the third tallest statue in the United States.
The Army Corps of Engineers studied the patina for any ill effects to the statue and concluded that it protected the skin, "softened the outlines of the Statue and made it beautiful."sfn The statue was painted only on the inside.
In professional sports, the pinnacle is the statue, but I think you brought up other really important ways of remembering that operate in non-statue forms that feel like they are living memorials.
In the background, at the center of the stage, there is a giant gilt statue of Ganesha, with a crowd of monks bent in supplication before the feet of the statue.
Plus, one of my favorite episodes of Malcolm Gladwell’s “Revisionist History” podcast is about the Foot Soldier of Birmingham statue in Kelly Ingram Park and the controversy about the direction of the statue versus its source material.
The full size Statue of Responsibility will be placed on the West Coast as a bookend to the Statue of Liberty in New York.
The wild story of a stolen San Jose statue got wilder when a reporter found the missing statue in a scrapyard.
To progress, they'll need to clean the sludge off the statue, which means attaching a Splash Fruit to an arrow and then firing it directly at the statue.
Earlier on Wednesday, Chief Minister Reddy called the statue of BR Ambedkar "the statue of social justice".
Immediately after the earthquake, measures were taken for the protection of the statue of Şuppiluliuma, the statue of the Hittite king who left his mark on the history of the Near East for 35 years, Arsuz Steles, Antakya sarcophagus and mosaics.
In late April, a crane lowered a 4,173-kilogram white granite base onto the statue's future home, then dangled the statue, shrouded in a green tarp, into place.
Michael Nicholas, a restorationist with Cave Company, sands down the resin he applied that reattached the statue’s head to the statue’s body.
The statue was installed on Sunday evening, and when a group of people from the village objected, police said they were dispersed because the statue was installed on a privately owned plot of land.
And while it may not be considered an official Daughters’ statue, the library did find newspaper evidence that the Daughters did eventually take over the fundraising in 1910 and contribute donations for the statue.
Anti-racism protesters in Washington DC tear down statue of Confederate general Anti-racism protesters in Washington, D.C. have toppled a statue of a Confederate general and set it on fire.
Black Lives Matter: Protesters try to pull down Andrew Jackson statue near White HouseProtesters tried to pull down a statue of former United States President Andrew Jackson near the White House before being dispersed by police.
Columbus statue removed from California CapitolCrews were removing a statue of Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella from the California state.
He said the options under consideration included returning the statue to its original place, showing it in a museum or reinstalling it, but adding a statue of an Indigenous hero nearby to act as a counterpoint.
However, the statue has caused mixed reactions among Zimbabweans with many arguing about the way that she is depicted in the statue.
If completed, the statue would be almost as tall as Poland’s 108-foot Christ the King statue, completed in 2010.
Common combinations with statue
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the statue 98×
- statue of 75×
- statue was 15×
- statue in 13×
- statue is 8×
- statue and 7×
- with statue 7×
- statue at 7×
- his statue 7×
- statue outside 6×