Adjective
the players gave a picture-book performance that will go down in the annals of football as one of the all-time great games
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Adjective
The spread of literacy, newfangled methods of production and an almost mystical efflorescence of creativity combined to produce superb and lasting works of picture-book art.—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2023 Cereza and the Lost Demon is easy to fall in love with as a magical picture-book that deviates into the macabre side of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland.—Joshua Khan, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2023
Noun
At 38, García looks like a ballerina from a classic picture book, the absence of makeup enhancing the delicate features of her face.—Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024 This inspiring biography and picture book tells the story of Glenn Burke, the Major League Baseball player who broke boundaries — both as the person who invented the high five, but also as the first MLB star to come out as gay.—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for picture-book
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