How to Use Italianate in a Sentence

Italianate

adjective
Definition of Italianatenext
  • The new facade has a new wood skin with Italianate details.
    — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 16 May 2024
  • The name of this new addition to Palmer’s suite of Italianate freeway rentals is the Ferrante.
    — Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • Even though it’s been given a modern refresh, the Italianate abode still exudes old-world charm.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Get ready for films about Mario Kart addicts who leave their consoles, grow mustaches, and train to become small Italianate plumbers.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The end result, La Tarantella, is an Italianate dream among the vineyards, and revelers now celebrate on the very spot where cows used to roam.
    — Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 20 June 2023
  • Knox County's asylum, with Italianate and Greek Revival styles, was built in 1882 and replaced its predecessor.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Built in 1803, the white brick mansion featured Italianate columns and double wraparound porches with cast iron detailing.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 28 July 2023
  • The eccentric, bearded politician owned an Italianate villa at Beaulieu and rode around the Cap Ferrat peninsula on a tricycle.
    — Jonathan Miles, Town & Country, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Built in 1880 in Italianate style, the building retains an ornate sheet metal cornice and the original second and third floor façade treatments, in addition to ornate iron window hoods and sills.
    — Lauren McDowell, Chron, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The ceiling medallions are original and typical of the Néo-Grec style of decorating, with incisions that are more abstract than the florid carvings of earlier Italianate homes.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 13 July 2023
  • This particular row is in the Néo-Grec style, a 19th-century rejection of flowery, ornamental Italianate townhomes.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 13 July 2023
  • Our Fave Feature: The handsome exterior design is almost Italianate — sensuous, thoughtful, handsome, and distinctive without being aggressive.
    — Brett Berk, Good Housekeeping, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The new facade has a new wood skin with Italianate details.
    — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 16 May 2024
  • The name of this new addition to Palmer’s suite of Italianate freeway rentals is the Ferrante.
    — Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • Even though it’s been given a modern refresh, the Italianate abode still exudes old-world charm.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Get ready for films about Mario Kart addicts who leave their consoles, grow mustaches, and train to become small Italianate plumbers.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The end result, La Tarantella, is an Italianate dream among the vineyards, and revelers now celebrate on the very spot where cows used to roam.
    — Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 20 June 2023
  • Knox County's asylum, with Italianate and Greek Revival styles, was built in 1882 and replaced its predecessor.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Built in 1803, the white brick mansion featured Italianate columns and double wraparound porches with cast iron detailing.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 28 July 2023
  • The eccentric, bearded politician owned an Italianate villa at Beaulieu and rode around the Cap Ferrat peninsula on a tricycle.
    — Jonathan Miles, Town & Country, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Built in 1880 in Italianate style, the building retains an ornate sheet metal cornice and the original second and third floor façade treatments, in addition to ornate iron window hoods and sills.
    — Lauren McDowell, Chron, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The ceiling medallions are original and typical of the Néo-Grec style of decorating, with incisions that are more abstract than the florid carvings of earlier Italianate homes.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 13 July 2023
  • This particular row is in the Néo-Grec style, a 19th-century rejection of flowery, ornamental Italianate townhomes.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 13 July 2023
  • Huntingburg’s picturesque downtown is a historic district of two-story Italianate and late Victorian commercial buildings that center around Fourth Street, the neighborhood’s main thoroughfare.
    — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
  • Our Fave Feature: The handsome exterior design is almost Italianate — sensuous, thoughtful, handsome, and distinctive without being aggressive.
    — Brett Berk, Good Housekeeping, 4 Apr. 2023

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