How to Use vitrine in a Sentence

vitrine

noun
  • And, of course, there are vitrines filled with sparkling jewels.
    — Jill Newman, ELLE Decor, 29 May 2023
  • But what about the cute little faience hippo in the same vitrine?
    — New York Times, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Bags also pack a clear vitrine, nestling one of the many ear sculptures.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
  • In the last act, the vitrines tilt every which way, as if after an earthquake.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • In it, Luna laid for hours at a time in a vitrine, wearing just a loin cloth.
    — New York Times, 15 Oct. 2020
  • On the other side of the scale, in a vitrine at one end of the space, are a group of five small scrapbooks.
    — Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The artifacts were not yet in place, and many of the glass vitrines were encased in foam and tape.
    — Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS, 16 Oct. 2017
  • The evening signaled that this is not the type of show that will deaden an artist behind glass vitrines.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Around it, there are open wood-and-metal shelves, vitrines and tactile surfaces.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 27 Nov. 2025
  • The boxes are displayed toward the center of the room, in four glass vitrines.
    — Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2018
  • In another room stand three empty vitrines on wooden pedestals.
    — Sharon Mizota, latimes.com, 18 June 2019
  • Moran made sure there was a book from the Armstrongs’ vast collection in every vitrine.
    — Melena Ryzik, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023
  • A lot of them are tucked away in vitrines that serve as pedestals for dresses by some of the world’s most exclusive designers.
    — Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026
  • Right behind this platform is a wall and vitrine of ephemera provided by Dazzle.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The Cypriot sun is impatient, a woman undressed who can’t spare the time to dress, so light like a vitrine holds even a storm.
    — Elisa Gonzalez, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2021
  • At the entrance, guests will be greeted by vitrines of jewels and handbags perched atop shelves nearly reaching the ceiling.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The Magritte in the seventh vitrine to my left served only to remind me how surreal the art world itself seems these days.
    — Jay Fielden, Town & Country, 12 Nov. 2015
  • The inside is a stark white space dotted with thin glass vitrines filled with bags, accessories, fine jewelry, and fragrances.
    — Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 May 2023
  • The vitrines also include plaques listing the stones’ origins and properties.
    — Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Each little shop isolates one or two paintings, as if in their own pavilion or vitrine, with others always visible through the glass walls.
    — Roberta Smith, Jason Farago, Martha Schwendener and Will Heinrich, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2018
  • Tucked into a vitrine among these displays is a tin of pancake makeup produced by Max Factor.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2023
  • The elevator doors open onto two vitrines and a wall case filled with 28 pulp magazines and novels.
    — Siobhan Morrissey, miamiherald, 9 June 2017
  • Some of the Patek vitrines remained empty but a salesperson noted that a new shipment was due to arrive today.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Crowded into a small vitrine as a kind of visual footnote at one end of the exhibition are four long objects of similar scale.
    — Charles Desmarais, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 May 2018
  • Bellelli said that for now the pithos would be given its own vitrine in the museum, alongside the Euphronius pieces.
    — New York Times, 17 July 2022
  • Clothes are hung on minimalist metal rails, while key pieces are displayed in transparent glass vitrines, giving the space a museum-y feel.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 27 Nov. 2025
  • In the center of the room was a vitrine containing the Nike Moon Shoes, which were displayed with a vintage waffle iron.
    — Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2012
  • The police later testified that the perpetrators hit the glass vitrines 56 times in just minutes.
    — Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 16 May 2023
  • Later on, there is a Jeff Koons balloon dog as well as one of his sculptures featuring basketballs floating in a vitrine.
    — Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2024
  • The ticket counter is now a welcome desk, and the benches by the entrance and the old coat check hold glass vitrines of pricey artwork and jewelry, not waiting grandmothers.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 7 Nov. 2025

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