How to Use easel in a Sentence

easel

noun
  • The back of my hand serves as my paint palette to mix and my cheeks, my easel.
    — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 12 May 2023
  • His easel and all of his paintings were destroyed in the chaos.
    — Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2021
  • An easel with a still-wet canvas stood in the center of the room.
    — New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Set your book on a picture-frame easel for hands-free reading.
    — Brooke Shunatona, Cosmopolitan, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Around its base, a small circular stage had been built and filled with six large art easels.
    — Beth Spotswood, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2018
  • In the corner, a light wood easel sits with artwork on display.
    — Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The handheld camera prefers to lurk on the wooden side of the easel.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • His music teacher would bring out an iPad and an easel to teach lessons.
    — Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2021
  • If an easel or stand is needed, please note this in the submission form.
    — courant.com, 11 June 2021
  • This standing art easel will make the budding artist on your list very happy.
    — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Juno is a science mission not an artist's easel and paintbrush.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 4 July 2017
  • An easel for the children is mounted in the corner of one room, still blank.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Each frame comes with hanging hardware and a sturdy easel stand.
    — Nora Colomer May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • When starting a new painting, most artists face a blank canvas set on an easel.
    — Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
  • Just left of the stage, perched on an easel, was a photo of his brother in uniform.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2021
  • Guests can see, and sometimes touch, Ross’ easel, paints and brushes.
    — Charlotte Stefanski, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2020
  • The teen girls watched anxiously as an easel, cloaked in a black cloth, was pushed to the front of the stage.
    — Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
  • At the corner of the frame, a painting of the upper body of a black man is shown on an easel.
    — Emmanuel Iduma, ARTnews.com, 16 Sep. 2024
  • The floors, meanwhile, are speckled with proof of her work, which sits displayed on an easel.
    — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 11 Feb. 2020
  • There is a photo of two renderings propped up on easels to show what the kitchen would have looked like.
    — Mark Davis, kansascity, 9 May 2018
  • The painter, her back to us, sits at an easel as her two roommates hunch at the table beside her.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2018
  • In that time, she’s watched people get married at the pond and seen artists set up their easels to paint the scene.
    — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 26 June 2025
  • Over time, easel was adopted in English with the same meaning.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Curreri had prepared four easels and sketched the lines of the cactus on each canvas.
    — Brendan Fitzgerald, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • And in the foreground of the picture is a tiny self-portrait of Cole at his easel.
    — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2018
  • The first post features mom and dad standing in front of an easel holding a canvas with paint on it.
    — Devonne Goode, Parents, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Two works in progress recline on easels, opposite each other.
    — Latria Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 May 2023
  • The tabletop easel is adjustable with a drawer for storing tools, as well as easy to pack up and store.
    — Enjanae' Taylor, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2023
  • There’s a small easel with stock cards for each course, showing a photo of the painting or sculpture.
    — Melanie Kaplan, Fortune, 15 June 2019
  • Of course, there’s also a painter’s easel, a chisel, and a microscope.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 11 July 2022

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