How to Use Victorian in a Sentence

Victorian

1 of 2 adjective
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  • My parents have very Victorian attitudes when it comes to sex.
  • To learn about the resort’s Victorian decor and artwork, sign up for a tour.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2023
  • Jordan blew up a photo of a crackling fire to the size of a poster and hid it behind a Victorian fire screen.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 17 Nov. 2023
  • In the global north, sewage is a problem that many of us assumed was more or less fixed in Victorian times.
    — Oliver Franklin-Wallis, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2023
  • At the end of the 19th century, the quiet of the idealized Victorian home was shattered by the ringing of the first telephones.
    — Fred Turner, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Goth—short for gothic—refers to a retro Victorian Era style that embraces a dark, haunted look in the garden.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Some time in the Victorian era, the digging of a nearby mine destabilized the earth below it, causing the building to tilt.
    — Leo Sands, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
  • But their big concern was being able to update the space while also paying homage to the home’s Victorian charm.
    — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The story is set mostly in in West Philadelphia in 1919 and is about two sisters in the Black Victorian age.
    — Doug George, chicagotribune.com, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Set off your front door with a wall-mount mailbox loaded with details that looks straight out of Victorian London.
    — Samantha S. Thorpe, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Mar. 2024
  • As Bella Baxter, the actress jaunts around Victorian London with the brain of an unborn child.
    — Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Her hair is pulled up in an updo reminiscent of the Victorian era to match her ensemble, with a few pieces left out and curled around her face.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Choose from nine Victorian rooms and suites at the classic Devereaux Shields House, and be sure to spend ample time in the sunny courtyard and gardens.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 25 Mar. 2024
  • During the Victorian era, corsages were placed on a woman's décolletage or the low-cut neckline of her dress.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 9 May 2023
  • The creeping ivy of rap had crawled over their white picket fences, across their kempt green lawns, and around their Victorian homes, weakening the old walls between cultures.
    — Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 5 June 2023
  • Many locations are designed to fit the charm of old Victorian and Colonial-style buildings.
    — Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2023
  • The place is crowded with Victorian dolls with very beautiful hair.
    — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • One of the newest musts in the area is an 1878 Victorian house reimagined as Faust Haus, a bold tasting space and escape where things feel a bit different from old-school wine country.
    — Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2023
  • If your house contains rooms with low ceilings—as many Victorian and Edwardian terraces do in London—paint not just the walls but the doors, the skirting board, and the ceiling the same color.
    — Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2024
  • This one, at Victorian Seasons in Long Island, is available for rent.
    — Caroline Picard, House Beautiful, 14 June 2023
  • The running gag of that book was applying Victorian diction and prejudices to high-tech things.
    — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The fabric at the shoulder gathers to create a slight puff, with small pleats nipping at the waist for a peplum that feels Victorian rather than millennial.
    — Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 June 2023
  • The cocoa-drying sheds and vintage machinery of the Victorian era still lie dotted around.
    — Catherine Fairweather, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Julia Fox was there, too, flitting through Friday’s events in a corseted white dress with her face painted white, looking like a Victorian ghost.
    — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2023
  • The ivory ballgown featured a Victorian-style lace bodice with a V-neckline, a skirt that was padded at the hips to resemble an opening flower and a nearly 9-foot-long train.
    — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Their rare and unique Edwardian and Victorian silver frames are my absolute go-to gift!
    — Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 27 July 2023
  • This simple decoration will transport you right back to the days of Victorian cottages, and all for under $20.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2023
  • A lot of the big Victorian mansions where the mill owners used to live are beautifully restored dental or law offices.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
  • And, there’s the Victorian grassland earless dragon—a miniscule Australian lizard believed to be extinct in 1969.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Kathryn Newton plays a 1980s goth girl and Cole Sprouse is a Victorian corpse resurrected amid lively characters and clever, sardonic dialogue.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
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Victorian

2 of 2 noun
  • The town has a diverse mix of homes that run the gamut from Victorian to sleek new constructions.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2023
  • This 1865 Victorian sits midway between the beach and the bustle of Cabot Street.
    — Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2023
  • Spread across five floors, the 24 rooms and suites are a mix of the Victorian and modern: frilly lamps and drapes that smell of old silk, yes, but also rain showers and chic White Company bath products.
    — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2023
  • Their first stop was a faded Victorian where a young woman opened the door and politely agreed to answer their questions.
    — Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The restaurant is housed in an 1894 Victorian on a property that features a chef’s garden.
    — Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • By the 1870s, Victorian England was no longer formally anti-Semitic; Jews could vote and hold office.
    — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The butler’s pantry reached its apex in Victorian England and America, when formal dining, not to mention pomp and circumstance, was de rigueur.
    — Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Sited in the charming Presidio Heights neighborhood, the 1912 Victorian had languished on the market for nearly a full year, and endured a series of price chops before Roberts came calling.
    — James McClain, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The novel, set in Victorian England, follows Herbert Pinnegar from his youth as a village orphan until his old age.
    — Catie Marron, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
  • Choose from studio cabins, one-, two- or three-bedroom units and even an elegant Victorian.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 24 May 2022
  • This Queen Anne Victorian from 1894 has a welcoming porch, a three-story turret, and a lovely perennial garden.
    — Everett Potter, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Her palace was still filled with stuff only a Victorian could accumulate, but Mexico was telling new stories about itself.
    — Merilee Grindle, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Officers were called just after 8 a.m. for reports of a man lying partially on a roadway at the intersection of 32nd Street and Victorian Alley.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The ideal of convalescence echoed through the centuries, perhaps finding its fullest expression in Victorian England.
    — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The card was conceived as a time hack — personal correspondence had become a growth sector, powered by the advent of cheap postage, and Victorian Londoners expected their season’s greetings to be answered.
    — Mac Schwerin, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
  • In one, hauling my basket up and down winding staircases to the basement of a divided Victorian where H.P. Lovecraft once lived, my puppy — following, then galloping ahead — disappeared.
    — Lucy Corin, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Eliza is a wonderfully vivid and, in many ways, modern character, certainly not your stereotypical Victorian.
    — Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Brande Victorian contributed to this report. Feb. 22, 11 a.m.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Early trees were decorated with apples, candy canes and pastries and, eventually, glass baubles, which would become popular in Victorian England.
    — Ella Riley-Adams Angela Koh Jameson Montgomery Jameson Montgomery Tom Delavan, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Distinctive elements: Classic Victorian with eight fireplaces, original hardwood floors, and grand staircase.
    — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 1 June 2023
  • The town has a diverse mix of homes that run the gamut from Victorian to sleek new constructions.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2023
  • This 1865 Victorian sits midway between the beach and the bustle of Cabot Street.
    — Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2023
  • Spread across five floors, the 24 rooms and suites are a mix of the Victorian and modern: frilly lamps and drapes that smell of old silk, yes, but also rain showers and chic White Company bath products.
    — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2023
  • Their first stop was a faded Victorian where a young woman opened the door and politely agreed to answer their questions.
    — Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The restaurant is housed in an 1894 Victorian on a property that features a chef’s garden.
    — Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • By the 1870s, Victorian England was no longer formally anti-Semitic; Jews could vote and hold office.
    — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The butler’s pantry reached its apex in Victorian England and America, when formal dining, not to mention pomp and circumstance, was de rigueur.
    — Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Sited in the charming Presidio Heights neighborhood, the 1912 Victorian had languished on the market for nearly a full year, and endured a series of price chops before Roberts came calling.
    — James McClain, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The novel, set in Victorian England, follows Herbert Pinnegar from his youth as a village orphan until his old age.
    — Catie Marron, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
  • Choose from studio cabins, one-, two- or three-bedroom units and even an elegant Victorian.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 24 May 2022

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