How to Use fresco in a Sentence

fresco

noun
  • Soon tepary beans with queso fresco and fresh green chiltepín peppers follow.
    — Von Diaz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Years ago, when his wife became ill with Alzheimer’s, the fresco work sustained him.
    — New York Times, 22 June 2021
  • His son had even been asked by his principal to create a fresco at the entrance of the school.
    — New York Times, 3 June 2022
  • The frescoes seen in the film were originally covered by pink paint.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The fresco captures the moment when Helle holds out a hand to Phrixus for help.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 17 May 2025
  • They were filled with opulent mosaics and frescoes.
    — Katie Kitamura, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2025
  • The craftsmanship is lovely, with wall frescoes and trompe l’oeil.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Though the fresco is on a movable frame, its landmark status with the city means it cannot legally be moved.
    — Anna Buchmann, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 July 2022
  • This fresco was painted around 1485.
    — Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Five suites have original frescoes.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The show’s marquee attraction is a fresco of the myth of Leda and the swan.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2022
  • The mural is a fresco, which means it’s painted on the wall and can’t easily be removed.
    — Washington Post, 4 July 2019
  • An expert conservator had to be hired, though, for the ceiling fresco in the main space.
    — Jane Margolies, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Add the crema or sour cream and queso fresco or chevre, and blend just until combined, a few seconds.
    — Bill Esparza, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Julio Ramos’ short doc about Diego Rivera’s Detroit frescoes.
    — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 12 Nov. 2019
  • There’s the ominous sense that the monkeys lurking around the resort might just be the same ones wielding swords in the frescoes.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Guests are invited to enjoy any meal—and even a late night snack–here, or in one of the hotel's al fresco courtyards.
    — Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Sep. 2017
  • The breakfast nook has a fresco of smiling angels above it while the windows look onto the pool outside.
    — Brianna Griff, Chron, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Drawings are never easy to present to the public, but the video orients visitors who know the fresco.
    — Cammy Brothers, WSJ, 14 June 2019
  • Just wait till March, when the main dining room launches dinner, and an grand outdoor space opens for al fresco fun.
    — Michael Klein, Philly.com, 17 Jan. 2018
  • The 24 suites are palatial; the 12 in the main house feature Baroque frescoes.
    — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Last week Mohamed met with Balma to view the first fresco and drawings of others.
    — Jean Hopfensperger, Star Tribune, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Its stuccos, frescoes, and sweeping ballroom can be viewed through a narrow window in the morning.
    — Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
  • To assemble the salad, add the queso fresco, almonds, mint and charred corn, and toss to combine.
    — Washington Post, 9 July 2021
  • Other frescos show the sensual embrace of a satyr (a half-man, half-goat) and a nymph (a maiden goddess).
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The indoor pool, cocooned in frescos by Jacques Merle, is reason enough to make the trip.
    — Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The bar features two new large-scale paintings that Clemente created for the space, as well as a ceiling fresco.
    — Kristen Tauer, WWD, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Its ceilings and walls bore Moorish frescoes and Spanish tiles lined the terraces.
    — Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 25 July 2024
  • As its name implies, the hotel is Venice-themed, and guests begin their stay in the over-the-top lobby decked out in frescoes.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The frescoes of angels and the dead Christs hanging everywhere consoled me.
    — Diane Mehta, Longreads, 10 Feb. 2018

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