How to Use assemblage in a Sentence

assemblage

noun
  • Bits of white thread come off these assemblages like whiskers.
    Darryl Ratcliff, Dallas News, 25 July 2019
  • So might flatiron and fries for an a la carte assemblage of steak frites.
    Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The tackle is the assemblage of those blocks, threaded with a rope.
    Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 29 Sep. 2020
  • But this work, like Waters’s, seemed to still be in its assemblage phase.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 17 June 2021
  • Over the years, other valuable finds were added to the assemblage.
    Stuart Isacoff, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Such an assemblage just takes up valuable space on a page or precious oxygen in a room.
    Keith C. Burris Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (tns), Star Tribune, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Over the past few months, though, the singer has expanded her assemblage, adding three new pieces of ink to her body.
    Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 14 Jan. 2020
  • In front of her sat an assemblage of standing-room-only media.
    Dana O'Neil, The Athletic, 25 July 2024
  • Now, the diner is known for its eclectic assemblage of toys, tchotchkes and sculptural art.
    Abigail Gruskin, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2023
  • The assemblage of songs and textures has the feel and flow of a beat tape, never settling in one place for long.
    Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Again, a condemnation of the assemblage would have been shocking to a lot of us.
    Dan Rodricks, baltimoresun.com, 13 Aug. 2017
  • The assemblage of people was eclectic, and the only common thread seemed to be the open bar.
    Taran Dugal, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
  • To extract the words from this assemblage is akin to pulling out the bass line, or the drum track, and listening to that alone.
    Ivan Kreilkamp, New Republic, 30 June 2017
  • When asked which was his pick from the assemblage, Weitman likened it to choosing a favorite child.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 12 Nov. 2023
  • An assemblage of mocha, blackberries mid palate and slight cherries on the finish.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2023
  • What started as a small assemblage of recipients has now grown into around a dozen of us.
    Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 8 June 2026
  • Loyly, a designer assemblage of blond wood, saunas, and bars on the outskirts of town, is a good place to start.
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2020
  • But the drama is a kind of sketch assemblage, in which the main thrust isn’t an arc or a plot mechanism but a tone of rage and scorn.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2022
  • The cut opens with a robotic assemblage of classic synth sounds that briefly gives way to swinging drums and a bright piano melody.
    Matthew Ismael Ruiz, Pitchfork, 7 Apr. 2026
  • But there is always a moment where everyone in the room knows that this is the perfect assemblage.
    Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • One is the distinctive nature of Saar’s brand of assemblage art.
    Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2019
  • There’s lots of gloppy orange in these assemblages, which pull hot hues off the toy-store shelf (or out of the recycling bin).
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2019
  • That said, Chaperon did not give up hope until after a test assemblage was made from the best plots.
    Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2024
  • And so the best example of this is the use of very large high-pressure die castings to replace assemblages of stamped parts.
    Joel Feder, The Drive, 10 June 2026
  • Tucked into the corner of the living room, a curved sofa anchors the assemblage.
    House Beautiful, 6 Oct. 2022
  • But the contract didn’t define such activity or spell out what a large assemblage means.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Yet Smith’s small, orderly assemblages summoned me back to the dear things of the real world.
    Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2019
  • His own house is a virtuoso assemblage of warm and airy rooms slipped in among the crevices of Rustic Canyon.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Out of that assemblage, the Braves could form a capable quintet if all were to go according to plan.
    Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 5 Feb. 2026
  • But in as urban and diverse a state as New York, that assemblage of voters goes only so far.
    Alexander Burns, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2016

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