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Recent Examples of rondel
The imposing gothic details of Victor’s castle-laboratory—a portentous warrior-angel statue that comes to life, a screaming Medusa rondel carved in stone—vibrate with gloomy baroque majesty.
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 30 Aug. 2025
But the showstoppers are the windows: high, arched, and set with leaded glass that includes rondels of colorful scenes (a white castle under attack by griffins, a golden lion wearing a tiny golden crown).
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 19 Jan. 2023
Some store fronts are embellished with elaborate sculptures, like a rondel depicting a pair of women exchanging scandalous gossip.
—New York Times, 20 May 2022
Testifying to flexible convictions, the Morgan show includes a rondel painting by Holbein, circa 1532, of Erasmus’s thin-faced, pointy-nosed mien, and also a small portrayal, circa 1535, of Luther’s most efficacious disciple, Philipp Melanchthon.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
Crown of Emara features a meaty double rondel that sprawls across two central boards.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2018
The Asian rondel is a coffee table top that originally belonged to Jen’s grandmother but had become too fragile to stand on its own.
—Star-Telegram, star-telegram.com, 3 May 2017
Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 30 Aug. 2025
But the showstoppers are the windows: high, arched, and set with leaded glass that includes rondels of colorful scenes (a white castle under attack by griffins, a golden lion wearing a tiny golden crown).
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 19 Jan. 2023
Some store fronts are embellished with elaborate sculptures, like a rondel depicting a pair of women exchanging scandalous gossip.
—New York Times, 20 May 2022
Testifying to flexible convictions, the Morgan show includes a rondel painting by Holbein, circa 1532, of Erasmus’s thin-faced, pointy-nosed mien, and also a small portrayal, circa 1535, of Luther’s most efficacious disciple, Philipp Melanchthon.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
Crown of Emara features a meaty double rondel that sprawls across two central boards.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2018
The Asian rondel is a coffee table top that originally belonged to Jen’s grandmother but had become too fragile to stand on its own.
—Star-Telegram, star-telegram.com, 3 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rondel
Noun
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The Eater line is a partnership between Heritage and the food site that launched last year, but six new pieces were added this year, including a mini sauté pan ($120) and a roomy six-quart rondeau pan ($180) that’s perfect for searing, pan roasting, and simmering.—
BYChris Morris,
Fortune,
27 Nov. 2024
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The set includes a saucepan, saucier, frying pan, and 5.2-quart rondeau.—
Molly Allen,
Southern Living,
12 Aug. 2024
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This is a lovely fundraiser to assist in the preservation of the cemetery, and the day is filled with master gardeners offering advice, madrigals singing, an archaeology talk, refreshments, kids’ activities and lots of lovely spring plants for sale.—
Janet Kusterer,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Mar. 2025
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The service and concert will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, at the church, 815 S. Washington St. Castle Singers are vocalists who perform a variety of chamber repertoire, varying from Renaissance madrigals and motets to contemporary pop and vocal jazz.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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From the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, villanelle was simply the French term for an Italian country song, and during the Renaissance, poets often used the title for their work regardless of a poem’s specific structure.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
19 Aug. 2025
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Elongated and paved with bricks, the path is a closed form, a kind of physical villanelle that thwarts the experience of continuity or the feeling of finitude.—
Hamilton Cain,
BostonGlobe.com,
2 Mar. 2023
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To the west, the London Eye pirouettes above the skyline—to the east, Shakespeare’s Globe serves legendary sonnets.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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These tablets from the end of the fourth millennium BCE show that writing did not emerge fully formed overnight, and that it was developed not to write sonnets, but receipts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Aug. 2025
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Kretzmer-Seed felt strongly about the inclusion of psalms from the Hallel service as well as a Spanish-Portuguese prayer for those in captivity, which was originally written for victims of the Spanish Inquisition.—
Marla Brown Fogelman,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Aug. 2025
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We're bound by the same beliefs, the same psalms, and the same sacred pursuit of liberty.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
11 June 2025
Noun
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The book was compiled by Epstein's co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell for his 50th birthday and reportedly contained poems, photos and greetings from academics, businesspeople, Epstein's childhood friends and more.—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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The poem was not by Marlowe, for sure.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That celebrated epigram is delivered by the character of Octave, who is the greatest creation of Renoir’s career—not least because he’s played by Renoir in a performance that’s essentially a self-portrait, even an onscreen self-creation.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 July 2025
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It’s been codified as myths, proverbs, clichés, epigrams, parables; the skeleton of every great story.—
Jann E. Freed,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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In another section, male nudes celebrate the body with an ode to classic perfection, enhancing strength and symmetry through a refined use of light and composition.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
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So, Ransom decided to use some creativity with his first NFL number, while also creating an ode to his father, Nathan.—
DIAMOND VENCES,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Rondel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rondel. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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