How to Use calligraphy in a Sentence

calligraphy

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  • On the front of the card, write your guest's name in calligraphy, and paste the cluster of yarrow next to it.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The slogans on the city walls, the store signs — all calligraphy, aged and faded.
    — Mujib Mashal Atul Loke, New York Times, 1 May 2024
  • Those were made for calligraphy so a lot of art stores had them.
    — Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 31 Oct. 2023
  • In an airy hanok, the artist Dobong taught us how to write our names using Hangul calligraphy.
    — Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2023
  • In New York, the idea of plushy seats with calligraphy place cards and plastic on the catwalk seems to be fading.
    — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 12 July 2017
  • Threads fly and snag over the grid of hankies, and become their own calligraphy.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2023
  • And the amenities run the gamut from calligraphy lessons to breakfast with giraffes.
    — Time, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Yet not all of the artists are calligraphers, and not all of the calligraphy is Chinese.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 12 July 2019
  • Some things are pleasing when seen; calligraphy is such a thing.
    — Mike Kerrigan, WSJ, 29 July 2022
  • An impromptu calligraphy lesson taught me a lot about beauty in this world and the one to come.
    — Mike Kerrigan, WSJ, 29 July 2022
  • Here, the use of classic calligraphy oozes a vintage vibe while the soft blue color hints at an oceanside venue.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • The Duchess of Cambridge is a skilled photographer, while the Duchess of Sussex is known to love calligraphy.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 24 Aug. 2020
  • Crochet pieces, which look like calligraphy scrawled across the body, feel a bit harder in contrast.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Chyna got her oldest child’s name on her left-hand while on her right-hand was her little girl’s name in the same calligraphy.
    — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 16 Dec. 2017
  • In the gift shops, there are no images of Cixi, just a few pieces of pink silk emblazoned with her calligraphy, sold as wall hangings.
    — New York Times, 10 July 2018
  • There was Mao in a heavy winter coat, writing calligraphy by lantern light.
    — Howard W. French, The New York Review of Books, 25 Feb. 2020
  • Similarly, in shodo, the master will grind the inkstone to produce the ink for the calligraphy to be written.
    — Greg Story, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Also, choose fonts wisely; hard-to-read script that hearkens to the faux calligraphy trend are not the best when trying to get your message across.
    — Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Jan. 2018
  • One is covered in thick sweeps of black Chinese calligraphy from shoulder to wrist.
    — The Economist, 29 Aug. 2020
  • The star debuted the body ink on Snapchat in 2017, showcasing a tattoo of King Cairo's name on her left hand, as well as Dream's name in the same calligraphy on her right hand.
    — Vandana Pawa, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Here’s a liquid liner from Tom Ford that has a calligraphy tip on one end and a brush tip on the other for seamless standout eye looks.
    — Iman Balagam, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Deeply touching are the calligraphy brushes created from the fine hair of each of the Chen children’s very first haircut.
    — Sally Friedman, Philly.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Of the 40 streets that Mr. Tan was asked to do calligraphy for, nearly half no longer have a single remaining bilingual sign.
    — New York Times, 11 Mar. 2022
  • The cover sheet claimed -- in calligraphy -- that it was sent from the White House, but no one really knows who sent the materials.
    — Stefan Becket, Kathryn Watson, Emily Tillett, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2019
  • The thin line of dunes around the mountain’s base is an intervention of near perfect black, its slopes and crests like calligraphy in India ink.
    — The Economist, 16 Dec. 2020
  • Franco-Tunisian artist el Seed wants to change that, using Arabic calligraphy with the method and means of street graffiti.
    — Quartz Staff, Quartz Africa, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Worshippers are no longer allowed to touch the Kaaba, which is draped in black cloth adorned with Arabic calligraphy in gold.
    — NBC News, 4 Oct. 2020
  • Nest by Zen monk Ikkyū Sōjun, is inscribed with kanji, or old calligraphy.
    — Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2022
  • The artworks, mostly soft and sinuous, include a video of hair-braiding and a flock of curving sculptures, modeled on Persian calligraphy and suspended overhead.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
  • American consumerism and advertising, pop music and comics mingled with Persian embroidery and calligraphy.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 19 July 2024

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