: of, relating to, or characteristic of Flanders or the Flemings or their language
Examples of Flemish in a Sentence
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Michelle Brunner, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
Among major acquisitions during Tedeschi’s time as director have been collections of Dutch, Flemish, and Netherlandish drawings from the 16th to 18th centuries and of postwar German art.
—Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
The bets were made in small towns in the Flemish countryside.
—Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
The decision was made to bring it back to its former glory, to put on display its Flemish architecture, and to bring comfort to a nation decimated by war.
—Danuta Hamlin, Fox News, 1 Sep. 2023
James was away on a residency, so Hughes took care of Hal, James’s large Flemish rabbit.
—Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2023
The artist poses as both the man and woman of a 15th-century Flemish couple, using toilet paper to portray distinctive features of their attire.
—Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2023
This comedy thriller was co-developed by one of its stars, Sharon Horgan, and is based on a Flemish series called Clan.
—Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 July 2023
Among the crew of kind creatures are Duke Ellington the cat, Indiana Jones the Golden Retriever, and even Alex the Flemish Giant rabbit.
—Carissa Quiambao, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
IEEE Spectrum, 23 Mar. 2010
In Lavatory Self-Portraits in the Flemish Style (2011), Katchadourian entered airplane bathrooms, adorned herself in tissue and toilet paper, and took pictures of herself in the style of Flemish self-portraits.
—Vulture, 26 May 2023
Born in Brussels around 1564, Bruegel was the eldest son of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, one of the most prominent artists of the Flemish Renaissance in Flanders, a Dutch-speaking region of what is now Belgium.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2023
Our Kent degrees in Brussels are full English degrees and are accredited in Belgium, by the higher education accrediting body for the Flemish Community in Belgium (NVAO) and recognized by the Flemish Government.
—Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2022
Canada, too, approved a new offshore project: more than sixty wells to be drilled in the Flemish Pass, off the Newfoundland coast.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 20 May 2022
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Adjective
No other vessel lends itself to romantic floral arrangements quite like a pedestal bowl, a container that often made appearances in Dutch and Flemish botanical paintings of the 17th century.
—Michelle Brunner, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
Among major acquisitions during Tedeschi’s time as director have been collections of Dutch, Flemish, and Netherlandish drawings from the 16th to 18th centuries and of postwar German art.
—Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
The bets were made in small towns in the Flemish countryside.
—Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
The decision was made to bring it back to its former glory, to put on display its Flemish architecture, and to bring comfort to a nation decimated by war.
—Danuta Hamlin, Fox News, 1 Sep. 2023
James was away on a residency, so Hughes took care of Hal, James’s large Flemish rabbit.
—Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2023
The artist poses as both the man and woman of a 15th-century Flemish couple, using toilet paper to portray distinctive features of their attire.
—Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2023
This comedy thriller was co-developed by one of its stars, Sharon Horgan, and is based on a Flemish series called Clan.
—Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 July 2023
Among the crew of kind creatures are Duke Ellington the cat, Indiana Jones the Golden Retriever, and even Alex the Flemish Giant rabbit.
—Carissa Quiambao, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
Noun
At this year's Flemish Primitives, Bernard Lahousse, a food consultant with a bioengineering degree, used a high-pressure processing (HPP) machine to infuse oysters with tomato and other flavors without sacrificing freshness or textural integrity.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Mar. 2010
In Lavatory Self-Portraits in the Flemish Style (2011), Katchadourian entered airplane bathrooms, adorned herself in tissue and toilet paper, and took pictures of herself in the style of Flemish self-portraits.
—Vulture, 26 May 2023
Born in Brussels around 1564, Bruegel was the eldest son of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, one of the most prominent artists of the Flemish Renaissance in Flanders, a Dutch-speaking region of what is now Belgium.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2023
Our Kent degrees in Brussels are full English degrees and are accredited in Belgium, by the higher education accrediting body for the Flemish Community in Belgium (NVAO) and recognized by the Flemish Government.
—Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2022
Canada, too, approved a new offshore project: more than sixty wells to be drilled in the Flemish Pass, off the Newfoundland coast.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 20 May 2022
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Flemish
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Flem·ish
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: the Germanic language of the Flemings
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Flemish
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