How to Use triptych in a Sentence

triptych

noun
  • But why were only two of the triptych’s three pieces offered for sale?
    — Anne Glusker, Smithsonian, 6 Apr. 2017
  • On the white brick wall behind the bar hung what looked like a triptych of a swan on a pink settee.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2025
  • On the white brick wall behind the bar hung what looked like a triptych of a swan on a pink settee.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2024
  • The impressive work of art is a triptych crafted from wool yarn.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The crepe is folded like a triptych, creased or cut in half and handed over still steaming.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2017
  • The triptych will become the world’s first painting to go public.
    — Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 23 June 2023
  • Shevarim, the cry from the heart, the triptych of notes that speak of a sense of brokenness.
    — The Economist, 11 July 2019
  • The work, premiered in 2012, is the first part of a triptych.
    — Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Her goal was a triptych of paintings that re-imagined the drip bag as personal totem.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Another trio, which is fitting, since each of these movies is structured like a triptych.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Zanasi was a vocal rock of Gibraltar throughout the triptych.
    — John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 16 Oct. 2017
  • Three tall French doors form a tidy triptych, steering eyes to a saltwater pool poised on the cliff’s lip.
    — Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Most of the cast play multiple characters across the triptych.
    — Zoe Guy, Vulture, 29 May 2024
  • The best of the triptych is certainly the two women cheesin' on the tarmac, though the ladies look great in all of them.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Teen Vogue, 19 Oct. 2017
  • The triptych cockpit display looks like a gamer’s desktop setup.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 27 Mar. 2021
  • The work is a triptych of vignettes of Moss being, well, Kate Moss.
    — Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
  • In one triptych, figures hid behind two dense curtains of hair, only their bright pink arms and feet showing.
    — Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 30 May 2024
  • The events of this season-opening triptych put a great strain on that, but Marvin doesn’t buckle.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 13 June 2024
  • The same could be said for a polished bronze triptych by Garnier & Linker, set on the marble counter.
    — Rima Suqi, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2022
  • His original off-Broadway calling cards here were a triptych of his hit Chicago shows.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 7 June 2018
  • Last fall, after a five-year-long break from any new Bon Iver projects, Vernon dropped a triptych of songs.
    — Leah Lu, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025
  • That triptych influenced Giger's design for the chest-burster version of the titular alien.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Oct. 2019
  • McDonald settled on Hepburn and Colt to round out the triptych.
    — Matt Ormseth, courant.com, 7 June 2017
  • Is Jet of Water an addendum to the triptych that Bacon did the year before?
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 3 Mar. 2020
  • For Salomon and others in the art world, the assembly of Cimabue’s large triptych has been a thrilling piece-by-piece treasure hunt.
    — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Anything In Multiples Finding artwork in a pair is good, a triptych is great, but four or more?
    — Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 14 June 2025
  • In Megan’s version, a triptych of the rapper is seen with Boa’s half-bob, half-long haircut while a snake poses in the foreground.
    — Zoe Guy, Vulture, 28 June 2024
  • With her studio team in Milan, Molloy crafted a triptych tee, made from three old T-shirts that weren’t getting enough love.
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Upon opening the box is a triptych recreation of the original La Grande Course painting.
    — Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2023
  • The Bravo plays nicely with a 2012 triptych by Thomas Demand.
    — Leah Ollman, latimes.com, 24 Apr. 2018

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