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Recent Examples of Victorian Gone were the stiff Victorian interiors—Wright favored open central spaces that encouraged family interaction. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2025 Other styles from the Victorian Era that are still en vogue are half-hoops, which feature three to five stones spanning across a thin finger, and Toi et Mois, which feature two gemstones side by side. Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 11 Aug. 2025 King Charles got a Victorian clock restored on his visit. Jake Kanter, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025 And for a more extensive dive into the life of the Victorian detective, The Sherlock Holmes Museum at 221b Baker street (the address of Conan Doyle’s fictional sleuth) is a five minute stroll from the hotel. Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Victorian
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Victorian
puritanical
Adjective
  • Shiite Iran feared the regional ascendance of Sunni radicalism in the form of the puritanical Taliban, an ambitious al-Qaeda, and other militant factions, as well as further instability on its eastern border—Iran was then, and remains now, home to many Afghan refugees.
    Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Indeed, one of the reasons some men left the League was their perception that the institution treated women too preciously and that the school administration labored to cultivate a puritanical atmosphere in a place that was by nature loose and raucous.
    Anne Halsey, JSTOR Daily, 6 Aug. 2025

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“Victorian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Victorian. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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