How to Use aesthete in a Sentence

aesthete

noun
  • He regards art critics as a bunch of pretentious aesthetes.
  • Prison is not made for aesthetes.
    — Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Ahead, the four best places for aesthetes of all creeds in Round Top.
    — Jaimie Potters, House Beautiful, 13 Mar. 2023
  • These are unique pieces of cookware that would make a great gift for the culinary aesthete in your life.
    — Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 24 Nov. 2023
  • For a short while, Aesop was the only soap for aesthetes in the know.
    — Nora Taylor, Robb Report, 20 June 2024
  • In the hands of Babitz, a radical aesthete, this feels like a tragedy.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2025
  • In this new work, set in and around a mud pit, a young aesthete tries to persuade his grubby hedonists to de-ooze.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Since college, Systrom has been a photo buff and an aesthete, not just a tech wizard.
    — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Why, exactly, does Harris—an aesthete in every way—love them so much?
    — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Any aesthete in your life or friend who listens to Drake on long, contemplative walks will freak out over this.
    — Vanessa Powell, ELLE, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Wondering how to shop for the aesthete who is always going on about clean lines, symmetries and scale?
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Instead, Losey—also a leftist, but an aesthete of a different stripe—got the job.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Working class Tom drinks beer and falls asleep at classical recitals, while posh Patrick is a scotch-and-opera aesthete.
    — Katie Rife, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Joao Felix is a footballer for the aesthetes, the kind of player who makes your heart beat just that little bit quicker.
    — Jack Lang, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025
  • That tension between past and present is why Taormina has drawn writers, artists, and aesthetes for centuries.
    — Alexander Lobrano, Town & Country, 2 June 2017
  • But, as any aesthete well knows, creating a good glamorous interior isn't just about piling on the glitz.
    — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 11 Mar. 2019
  • Povey, an aesthete with money troubles, sent the kneeling statues to Blathwayt.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Even though most of the homes are vacation properties, persuading aesthetes to rent them out hasn't always been easy.
    — Mary Holland, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The aesthete makes a natural savior, and his arrival in this kingdom is something of a homecoming.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • One of nine siblings, Barragán was an avid equestrian and a precocious aesthete.
    — Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2016
  • Now Mérida is experiencing a second wave as more and more artists, entrepreneurs, and aesthetes choose to call it home.
    — Mary Holland, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Now, part of Carmona’s work is ensuring her designs land in the homes of aesthetes who appreciate the late artist's work.
    — Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Her all-court game is a favorite of tennis aesthetes and has increasingly become a major problem for the best players in the world.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • An ambitious aesthete who’s worked with words and images alike, Niquet leapt at the creative endeavor.
    — Zoe Ruffner, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2021
  • The first step before evolving either shell eyes or eyespots, the researchers observed, was an increase in the density of aesthetes on the shell.
    — Quanta Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024
  • From Marrakech to London and back again, the above is certain to inspire your own inner aesthete—and whet your appetite for more.
    — Madeleine Luckel, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Under the watchful care of the struggling Mary, Roy became a precocious aesthete.
    — Tobi Haslett, The New Yorker, 11 May 2018
  • Hall, the gold medalist in slopestyle skiing at the Beijing Olympics, is just about every skiing aesthete’s favorite skier.
    — Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
  • An aesthete with impassioned opinions about wine pairings, Rostov was born to live the life of leisure handed down to him by his landowning ancestors.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 29 Mar. 2024
  • If a sampling of some classical music aesthetes on social media is to be believed, April 16 marked the day the music died.
    — Randall Roberts, latimes.com, 18 Apr. 2018

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