How to Use iconography in a Sentence

iconography

noun

• Now the action is just part of the sport’s iconography.
  — Katie Heindl, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
• The iconography is all there: the smile, the waves of hair, the smile, the microphone and even the butterfly ring.
  — Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
• We're surrounded by the iconography of all of this, all the time.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 17 June 2022
• Until then, snap a pic of the Googie-style neon sign and soak up the iconography of old-school Route 66.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Country Living, 24 Feb. 2023
• Remarkably, the future looks a lot like the iconography of the moment.
  — Edmund Arévalo, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
• Perhaps for this reason the iconography of the tarot deck has long held an allure for artists.
  — Lauren Elkin, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2023
• What's been lost in the iconography is a thoughtful appraisal of Mays, the human being.
  — Greg Hanlon, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2022
• There is no cowboy iconography here, and no leather booths.
  — Brett Anderson, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
• The object does not match the iconography, and the dissonance beckons.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2022
• And some might say its success is due in part to the instant iconography, also known as all of those scary Purge masks.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 11 May 2022
• That same iconography is on George’s jacket and waistcoat for the wedding.
  — Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 10 May 2023
• In 1999, the cups were red for the first time, and included a design of snowflakes, ice skates and other winter iconography.
  — Tréa Lavery and Heather Morrison, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2022
• On many of them, recognizable iconography appeared: the cloak of the handmaiden, the wire of the hanger.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 8 July 2022
• The spheres are used elsewhere in the space to form a striking take on Louis Vuitton’s signature LV iconography.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 9 Jan. 2023
• The trailer promises a great deal of blood, jump scares and religious iconography.
  — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 25 Jan. 2024
• All of her letters were packed with scriptures, prayer cards and other Catholic iconography.
  — John Blake, CNN, 30 Apr. 2023
• The theme of the party was Lula and the Workers’ Party, whose colors and iconography were splashed across banners, balloons, and cake.
  — Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic, 27 July 2022
• Like those brands, Thom Browne cannily drew upon the iconography of Ivy League style.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
• Shearman had figured out the sequence of the tapestries that were made for Leo X and were full of Medici iconography and found where they were meant to go.
  — Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2022
• But unlike its first two, which drew their language and iconography from the good guy Elves and Dwarves, the third is all about celebrating darkness.
  — Nathan Edwards, The Verge, 7 Feb. 2023
• Along with that comes a restaurant that drops diners right into the world of the characters and iconography of Nintendo.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2023
• Google’s bookish Pixel Fold is being reinvented for 2024, with a key part of the Pixel iconography set for a change.
  — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
• Just look at the influence of their entire brand — Eddie the Head, those album covers, and their iconography.
  — Vulture, 8 Mar. 2023
• Snoop Dogg, the genial rap elder, was the headliner; a fog of weed smoke filled the air, and at least half the crowd was wearing some kind of marijuana iconography.
  — Tom Breihan, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2023
• The scenes have been drained of color and recast in black and pink, to underscore them as key iconography of Blackpink’s visual universe.
  — Time, 17 Sep. 2022
• That said, Piazza di Spagna and the Spanish steps which of course are a key aspect of Rome’s iconography, are also central characters in the film.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 29 Aug. 2022
• Over time, the Apollo 17 photo became the event's banner image and part of the green movement's iconography, Muir-Harmony said.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 7 Dec. 2022
• Two practical rigs were built from scratch: one to produce the specific iconography layered in the titles, the other to push boundaries.
  — Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2023
• It might also be heard as the sound of centuries of female iconography being smashed by this innovative art form.
  — Susan Dominus Emiliano Granado, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
• That said, don't expect to see any of the iconography born from the franchise's sequels, such as Jason's hockey mask, as Miller's win only gives him the rights to his original screenplay.
  — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024