Motif Sentence Examples

Candle pieces will also help to build up the motif.

The dome is the leading idea or motif in Byzantine ecclesiastical architecture; the domes are placed over square, not circular apartments, and their bases are brought to a circle by means of pendentives.

Bunnies are a very popular motif for an Easter centerpiece.

It was as if the poisonous exhalations of the motif had spread to the very paint surface.

The cat motif is a curious twist of notes with a small upward glissando to represent its tail.

If you're going for a mountain cabin rustic look, you may wish to use motif finials to repeat design elements.

Cabinet hardware is a great place to incorporate this popular motif.

For those who enjoy cute and kitschy accents, they can add accessories with a beach motif.

The sun is another mainstay motif that is depicted in striking brilliant colors found in fabrics and art.

The inlay creates a subtle motif that is either a traditional Mission period motif or purely an artistic interpretation.

The Greene and Greene style and the Reed Mission designs often used the popular "cloud lift" motif, which is a design created out of rounded edges and arched top rails in pieces of furniture.

If you choose a background with a lovely dragon motif, try to strategically arrange your page to incorporate the dragon rather than obliterate it with other page elements.

If you want to go beyond the polka dot motif, there's no reason to stop there.

Her wedding ring includes a Celtic motif to symbolize her Welsh heritage.

A tile border is a great way to add interest and introduce another design motif and element.

If you're still unsure about which kind of pattern you want for your kitchen, you might be interested in a traditional kitchen motif design like a rooster or kitchen kettle.

Try employing the same neutral, one of the same accent colors, or a motif (or material like wicker) that runs throughout your home.

There are so many decorating items for this princess trio motif that you'll have a difficult time deciding which pieces to choose.

Over the years the fleur de lis has become a popular motif in home décor, particularly in French-themed homes.

There are many beautiful fabrics that make use of the motif, and it's easy to add a few to your home.

The reason for this theme is obvious, yet this design motif can offer quite a few new styles and designs that aren't anything like the ones your grandmother's fruit themed kitchen.

The Tudor rose is an ideal motif to use in your bedroom.

Choosing a wedding cake serving set that harmonizes with the theme, motif, style, or atmosphere of your wedding is easy to do.

A Las Vegas wedding might use a cake shaped like one of the famous Strip hotels or the Mirage volcano, while a winter wedding cake might be best accented with a stunning snowflake motif.

For a very unique Christmas theme, opt for a Christmas in July motif for a beach wedding or just to add a tropical touch to a winter celebration.

Instead, use a motif, monogram, or typefaces that are fitting to the venue and set the appropriate tone, but are slightly more personal or unexpected.

When you are searching for bedding in an animal print motif, decide what type of pattern you prefer.

The Mermaids Collection by Olive Kids, for example, is a cheerful range that features a 100 percent cotton shower curtain etched with a vibrant mermaid motif.

The ligthouse motif is a relaxing and lovely design for bathrooms.

The more adventurous wannabe space traveler may select a spaceship motif, while others like television show and movie character themes.

A vacation-themed cake can also be decorated with a tropical motif, featuring fresh or fondant flowers, wavy blue frosting, and graham-cracker crumbs as "sand" at the base of the cake.

Many different types of jewelry are designed to feature the motif of Black Hills Gold.

Flowers were a popular engagement ring motif during the Victorian years.

A good artist can take nearly any motif and make it "girly".

Use fresh flowers in pots, roll napkins in floral rings and be sure that your cups have a floral motif.

The T-shirt has white trimmings on the arms and on the round neck collar and a dragon motif on the front.

Making your own scrap paper is a great option if you need a very specialized motif for your layout.

You design the sticker, so you can completely avoid the hassle of having to work around a pre-set motif.

Look for sundresses in bold hues, such as vivid blue, red, purple, and pink that have a large flower motif throughout.

This varies widely, of course, depending on the designer, the materials used, the difficulty of the design and motif the couple chooses, and the time needed to complete the project.

If you are hosting a more traditional shower, you can choose something with a love or wedding motif.

You can find bedding with any kind of sporting motif.

While a kids' camo jacket, pants, and cap are certainly all essential items of kids' hunting clothing, camo is also a popular motif to go to school in or to run around in on the weekend.

Colors are more muted, but bright colors can be found here too; just expect a brown shirt with an aqua blue motif instead of a pink shirt with an aqua blue motif in the girls' department.

The fabrics chosen to make these dresses very often have a flower motif, or, less often, polka dots or some other pattern.

Today's selection of replacement seats is extensive, so you can choose from a basic white or find a seat to match your bathroom motif.

This jewelry typically features a grape and grape-leaf motif.

Although the basic motif of Black Hills gold jewelry is the tricolor gold and the use of grape or grape-leaf design, there are an incredible number of variations.

Butler made famous the tricolor grape-inspired motif, and the artistry continued through familial generations.

These range from delicate, feminine looks that focus on the delicate grape-leaf pattern to masculine looks including black onyx and a more streamlined grape or grape-leaf motif.

Since Black Hills gold refers to the tricolor gold and the motif of the grapes and grape-leaves rather than a specific type of mined gold, many jewelers may claim to sell Black Hills gold jewelry.

Palm leaves are another popular Hawaiian motif used quite frequently in jewelry making.

Rings, bracelets, charms, earrings, anklets, cuff links, and belly rings are all available with a palm tree motif.

It's easy to make a friendship bracelet with a heart motif.

Making or buying a friendship bracelet with a heart motif provides a concrete reminder of how much you appreciate your friendship.

These two-piece pendants are created in a brushed finish and have a heart motif that is pierce scrolled with the words, "live well, laugh often, love much".

Gemstones can either be the focal point of the locket design or an accent to an etched motif.

Mom's Patterns has a pattern for plus size rompers and jumpsuits with a sailor motif and they even feature side seam pockets for practicality.

The dress selection is perfect for a medieval motif but it isn't necessary to adopt a themed wedding in order to use the medieval style in a wedding dress.

You can still surprise them AND keep with their glass motif.

For example, one collector may only collect owl jewelry or pins that hold solid perfume, while another may limit their collection to rings with a flower motif.

Many search for cards made by a specific artist, or look for Valentines with a particular motif or from a certain era.

Cell phone charms are available in almost any imaginable motif, including Disney characters, gemstones, awareness ribbons, animals, and initials.

She may have a motif for her wedding that she wants her bridesmaid(s) to incorporate.

Hearts are a popular motif among those interested in origami because there are so many different ways to use folded paper hearts.

If you're having a girl, a floral or butterfly motif makes an excellent choice.

You'll find these designs in every shape and motif imaginable.

The top sports sassy chili peppers, while the bottom is done in a sunset strip motif.

Just the word "Hooters" immediately calls to mind the short orange shorts, white top emblazoned with the company logo and owl motif and white sneakers.

Newport News Two Piece Swimsuit is done in an Asian-inspired floral motif.

Both swimsuits feature a stars and strip motif for about $18.95 each.

Lenox Winter Greetings-This place setting features three sizes of plates plus cup and saucer with a Christmas wreath motif.

Make your gift choice more Valentine specific by selecting a robe made from satiny material that features a heart motif.

The first step to choosing an appropriate diamond necklace is to select a motif or design that reflects the interest and jewelry preferences of the recipient.

This motif is popular for both men's and women's wedding rings.

Whether you choose a Celtic knot design, a thistle motif, or another Scottish wedding ring style, you're sure to be happy with rings that show off the symbols of your ancestors.

In a wedding ring, two metals might be wound around each other in a Celtic design, mixed to create a motif such as leaves or flowers, or arranged in simple and modern stripes or bands.

If so, your ring might feature a motif of that culture.

You can purchase a personalized promise ring that features this motif.

To match your heart and star handbags are wallets if you just can't get enough of this lighthearted motif.

For a unique and colorful tote, Wildercraft.com carries a one-of-a-kind cat motif tapestry tote with long handles and functional interior design.

Another exquisite example of a modern day tote with a motif that is reminiscent of the handbags of the 1800s is the Willow Tree Angel of Prayer Tapestry Tote by Susan Lordi.

At Toys R Us, you'll find another Dora the Explorer 16" Backpack, but this time the design is fashioned in the Hello Butterfly motif.

Take a piece of paper with a sports motif (available at a craft store) and use it as a border for the photograph.

If you're interested in a particular symbol or motif, check your library for books on the culture that you're interested in.

This Johnny's offering includes the popular swallow tail motif.

This cross actually turns out better in large scale, so it's best used in a large back or chest tattoo mural.The cross itself is carved wood featuring a vine motif.

The vines, flowers and butterflies motif is especially well suited to this type of tattoo.

You can use tribal designs to suggest the image of a fairy without being blatant or too cutesy about it if that isn't your style, or you could place a fairy in the center of a standard tribal motif.

You can use the bold lines and slashes to create the representation of a dragonfly, or you can use the typical insect design as the centerpiece in a tribal motif.

The guest rooms all have private entrances and are cheerfully decorated in an island motif.

The Rivoli line expands on the popular wave motif, which leaves the numerals looking as if they were suspended in air.

You can search the web and embroidery books for designs including a particular motif you are interested in, or you can make your own design from scratch.

As you probably know from the song, each of the 12 days has a different motif.

One solution is to make a set of 12 stockings, with one motif on each stocking.

This set also features the western motif of horses, and you'll also like the fact that the shorts offer a "relaxed" waist--perfect for bedtime!

Even so, the Jardin D'Iris three quarter bra that is offered here is quite lovely with its decadent iris motif, semi-sheer cups, and super fine mesh fabric.

Releasing a soundtrack with an industrial theme and orchestral motif was rare at the time Terminator 2 was released.

For a baby shower tea party, use pastel colors and add a baby motif such as booties or teddy bears.

Naturally, if the party is themed, the decorations should match that overall motif.

A double heart, heart with an arrow, Cupid, or other romantic shape can be enjoyable, or any shape - hexagon, circle, rectangle, square, etc. - can be decorated with a Valentine's Day motif.

Adding a few colorful flowers or a piece of tropical fruit to ordinary party decorations will not instantly turn them into a tropical motif.

Using traditional, formal wording like "You are cordially invited to an evening of dancing and drinks" and invitation paper with a country motif would be odd for a barnyard dance themed invitation.

All the Universal horror films of the 'thirties, and this one is no exception, had as a central motif that science was dangerous.

This 'be happy with your station in life' motif is characteristic of fiction written in the period.

The two-note motif that signals the oncoming shark entered the pop culture lexicon and today it is nearly synonymous with all sharks, thanks to the power of Williams' music.

Use that as a motif in your search to find astronomy blogs or to create one of your own.

An important motif in magico-religious ritual, which may not have been without effect on the development of sacrifice, is, as Dr Frazer's main thesis in The Golden Bough asserts, the imparting of reproductive energy to animals, plants and man himself, its cessation being suggested by such phenomena as old age and the fall of the year.

The room was tastefully done in a Southwestern motif with R. C. Gorman prints adorning the sand-colored walls.

From the works sinister opening motif through the lyrical second movement to the spirited final allegro, there is a refreshing sense of excitement.

At times, it is perhaps a basic motif of Jesus' preaching rather than a particular saying that enjoys such multiple attestation.

On some pages these micrographic bands form a candelabrum, a motif that was mainly used in 14th century Catalan Bibles.

The motif of an angel holding an open book is the same as that of a 14th century corbel in the north aisle.

This probable zinc binding motif contains four cysteines that may chelate zinc.

An entry will be added to the Motif Manager for the new motif, in a folder for the sub-family fingerprint.

This warm, stylish bed cat bed is made from thermal Sherpa fleece fabric with the Danish Design paw print motif.

Modern instruments are introduced, including laser interferometers and AFM's, and there are sections on fractals and motif analysis.

The motif is only observed in the Polo-like kinases.

It pictures Christ as a warrior king and He's coming back in that sort of motif, or that sort of mode.

The carved motif immediately above the double doors echoes some of the internal details.

A very pretty white cotton pillow case, with a pretty floral motif to one end, dating to circa 1952.

Vocally ' Alexandria ' is something of a ballad, with soft repeating flute motif supplying the backdrop.

There is a generous use of the Nigerian Igbo folklore motif and unpretending protest poems, all of which make this a wealthy collection.

The leaf motif was the connecting theme throughout Arts & Crafts jewelry.

The revenge motif appears to start when Thun and his girlfriend Jane think they have run over a young woman in their car.

I think that hearing that slightly mournful guitar motif got him thinking about Syd.

The motif is likewise present in Greek mythology, Mount Olympus being the home of the gods.

The similarity to the royal wedding of Rev becomes obvious based simply on the parallels of motif.

The hotel's maritime heritage is interwoven into the design with a subtle recurring motif based on a ship's porthole.

This warm, stylish bed cat bed is made from thermal sherpa fleece fabric with the Danish Design paw print motif.

Plastered ceiling, and a boss with a painted flower motif, centrally placed; exposed purlins.

The achaete-scute genes encode transcriptional regulators bearing a bHLH motif whose expression endows cells with neural potential.

Sherpa fleece fabric with the Danish Design paw print motif.

And finally, I've been doing a slew of X window based programming using Xlib and now Motif for my Computer Graphics course.

Motif is a registered trademark of The Open Group.

The motif is no longer diachronic; in Quadrant II time is frozen and the motif becomes vertical, going downwards.

The walls were then hung with Color Festival ' s textured motif wallcovering in burgundy.

The motif of the former is the poet's futile endeavour, in a dream, to ward off the arrows of Dame Beautee by Reason's "scheld of gold."

And finally, I 've been doing a slew of X window based programming using Xlib and now Motif for my Computer Graphics course.

Embellished with Roman numerals, it depicts months of the year, signs of the zodiac and a sunburst motif.

The assembly of El is a motif which appears often in Ugaritic myth.

On the N side even bays one and two have zigzag at r. angles to the wall, i.e. a Late Norman motif.

Andirons, also known as fire dogs, are often decorated with a canine motif.

Some of their wall murals, like the racecar motif covers a large wall space.

With fun games and a clever superhero motif, this site proves that reading can be cool!

Although non-ornate gift cards are available through Walmart, there are also quite a few designs to choose from that either correspond with a holiday, special event or feature a fun motif.

Native American-The style works well with a Native American motif, and you can add pottery, handmade rugs, etc. to play up the effect.

If you're wanting to add a flair of western culture to your office, you can change out plain hardware for a motif style.

They cut birchwood tiles for the floor, painted away the "Sword in the Stone" motif, and created a simple, clean bedroom sure to give the feeling of "blank canvas" to potential buyers.

It's wise to stick with a motif that you can retain through your toddler years at least.

This involves repeating one motif throughout the room.

So, too, are decorative, stenciled borders, commonly using a fruit, grape vine, or wheat motif.

For a modern design motif, you should look to the bold styling of Thomasville's Salazar, Jewel, and Altessa lines.

The current trend towards hand-scraped, dark stained wood floors is perfect for this design motif because the rustic textures are a nice complement to neutral stucco or plaster walls.

The rooster motif can be used in nearly any area of the house and its' popularity crosses cultures and decades.

Being such a popular motif, the places to get roosters are endless.

You can establish a room's rural motif with rustic floors in wooden planks, stone, or ceramic tiles.

Painted furniture pieces are also at the top of the list for an appealing French Country decorating motif.

If you prefer the popular French Country style, then look for wrought iron with a rooster motif.

What kind of theme or motif do you want to echo throughout the rooms of your cabin?

A Krispy Kreme wedding cake, for example, uses donuts instead of sponge cake as a central treat, and a similar motif can be fashioned with Twinkies or other snack cakes.

The squiggly flare of a paisley motif was often exploited to use several colors within each shape.

If you've designed a pattern or motif, now's the time to try it out and make sure you like it.

If the graduate was involved with an extracurricular activity at school, use this as a motif for the cake decorations.

The family will continue with the "J" motif and plan to name the baby Jowanna Mahn if it is a girl as expected.

From the designer lofts of the Heights to the palatial estates of River Oaks, Houston decorating has evolved well beyond the stereotypical cowboy motif.

Wedding invitations set the tone for the rest of the wedding and establish a motif or theme that can be carried throughout the rest of the wedding décor, from place cards to table numbers to programs, favors, and food packaging.

In fact, the motif is as emblematic of Sprouse as the graffiti artwork; during the 1970s, when he discovered the magic of a Xerox color copier, he would enlarge images of roses and other flowers and send them to friends.

As regards the sources of the narrative part of the Periodoi, it is possible that the "recognition" motif was a literary commonplace.

Another wall fountain is little more than a motif or figurine spout that is attached to the wall and a ceramic, concrete or metal pool is placed below the spout and attached to the recirculation water tube.

Many educators have enabled autistic children to focus on a problem or subject by also allowing them to move around, squeeze a ball, or simply write in a different position than the traditional school desk motif.

In fact, butterfly favors can accentuate any wedding reception centerpiece for a quaint touch, or they may be part of an overall butterfly theme, a jungle or tropical motif, or a wildlife conservation decorative scheme.