How to Use baroque in a Sentence

baroque

adjective
  • The drinks were baroque, but precise.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2025
  • There are experts who sing baroque music the correct way.
    — Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025
  • My favorite genres are lo-fi synth-pop and baroque chamber pop.
    — Mark Yarm, WSJ, 5 Feb. 2020
  • Think baroque seed pearls, strung with bits of glass, and polished agate and bulbs of orange turquoise.
    — Monica Kim, Vogue, 13 July 2018
  • Trevi is a late Baroque fountain and the largest of its kind in Rome.
    — Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The chairs, bench and table evoke a baroque-meets-art nouvelle aesthetic.
    — Damon Johnstun, oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Winds batter ridges where seabirds howl like banshees, and jackals stalk baroque canyons of soft crumbling rock.
    — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Dec. 2018
  • This room showed me that there are ways to push modernism into something that is really baroque.
    — Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor, 6 Sep. 2022
  • To try to obtain footage, the board had to navigate a baroque multistep process.
    — Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Rovinj’s cobbled lanes, baroque churches, and seafood bistros are just a 10-minute walk away.
    — Jonnie Bayfield, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Hear the indie rock band fill the Allstate Arena with their big, baroque sound.
    — Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • At one point, a throwback to the baroque era emerges amid the edgy soundscape, like a repressed memory.
    — Tim Smith, baltimoresun.com, 26 June 2018
  • The two strangers tell Billy a long, baroque, and gruesome tale about how the man lost his eyes at the hands of soldiers.
    — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 14 June 2023
  • The music was a churchly choir, the lighting diffused, almost baroque.
    — Cathy Horyn, The Cut, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Safdie asked him to include intricate, quasi-Baroque arpeggios.
    — Jack Denton, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Known for his baroque and subversive work, Park has a long history with Cannes.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Models wore pops of electric red, from a leafy detail on a blouse to a baroque pattern on a dress with billowing sleeves.
    — Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Hill House boasts grand rooms and Baroque style, making for one opulent backdrop.
    — Nathan Smith, Architectural Digest, 22 Dec. 2025
  • As befits the general too-muchness, the dialogue is wild and baroque.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The permitting process in the Nepal is, at best, baroque and convoluted.
    — Alan Arnette, Outside Online, 11 May 2018
  • Amid all its hilly, Baroque glory, Modica is all about chocolate.
    — Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Climb the 900-odd steps (or cop out in a car) for a walk through its eight baroque bastions and some breathtaking views.
    — Helen Brown, TheWeek, 30 Apr. 2026
  • But as a ripe chunk of pure baroque atmosphere, this lushly staged costume chiller is a fragrant beauty indeed.
    — Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2018
  • In truth, the Murphy-verse has always been animated by its embrace of all things baroque and bizarre.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Its distinctive curved staircase can be seen from the entryway, while stained glass and baroque woodwork wait inside.
    — Benjy Egel, sacbee, 16 May 2018
  • Tourists and locals flock to the magnificent baroque landmark, plunking down on the steps and taking a breather from their busy day.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Arched doors and windows, baroque gables and a clay tile roof are among the 1930 home's character details.
    — Neal J. Leitereg, Jack Flemming and Lauren Beale, sacbee, 21 May 2018
  • The mood of worry and moral concern is undercut, however, by the painting’s frothy, baroque style.
    — Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 9 June 2019
  • The women are pictured with, or without, veils and against the backdrop of Baroque and modern churches.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Rooms offer views of baroque buildings on the narrow streets stretching out to the Mediterranean Sea.
    — Sarah Rappaport, Fortune Europe, 5 Jan. 2024

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