mural

noun

Definition of muralnext
as in painting
a usually large painting that is done directly on the surface of a wall

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Recent Examples of mural Biddle and Frankel moved upstate but sold T-shirts with the original design, raising money for the victims of a fire and inspiring a restoration of the mural in 2022. — Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 The total will keep going up as officials continue efforts to erase one of the artist’s latest murals from the walls of London’s Royal Courts of Justice last year. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Winding past murals of the Simpsons and Marilyn Monroe, the group eventually finds itself in a rough re-creation of New York City, as imagined by Samsung, Canon, and Google, among others. — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2026 The mural was seen as a response to the UK government’s crackdown on activist group Palestine Action. — News Desk, Artforum, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mural
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mural
  1. painting
  2. fresco
  3. canvas
  4. panorama
  5. oil
Noun
  • Also, the figurative paintings hanging in the ground-floor corridor, by Portuguese artist Leonor Trindade Sousa, are for sale.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Cameroonian painter Marc Padeu is reimagining classical Western paintings by infusing them with inspiration from his hometown.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of painting
Noun
  • Original architectural elements, including a small fragment of a fresco, the aforementioned mask fountain, and a Carrara marble staircase connecting the five floors, were restored.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The Vatican Museums last week inaugurated a major restoration of Raphael’s Loggia, an epic fresco cycle decorating a 213-foot-long corridor in the Apostolic Palace, where the pope lives.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 29 June 2026
Definition of fresco
Noun
  • Few works in the show are titled, boxes filled with objects remain closed (one is even tightly wrapped in cellophane), and canvases are stacked one atop the other like pizza boxes—content and images concealed.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026
  • But some of the big cats required sedation, including two tigers that veterinarians hoisted in canvas slings Friday and carried by hand to their transport crates.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of canvas
Noun
  • In general, seek a perch with clear panoramas—such as a hilltop or open field instead of a thick forest.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026
  • In later iterations, Reihana retitled the panorama In Pursuit of Venus [infected], for the astronomy project and rape joke at the heart of wallpaper’s story.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of panorama
Noun
  • Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday that the lack of oil exports was hitting the state’s revenues.
    — Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • To convey those sensory elements, the perfume house began by marrying cherry and davana, then leaned into fractionated patchouli oil and relied on black violet notes for their depth.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of oil

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