How do you use the word "aesthetic" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "aesthetic" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "aesthetic": By architectural symmetry, Emmet means geometric symmetry combined with aesthetic uniformity. I look at it from an aesthetic point of view.

Aesthetic Meaning

/ɛsˈθɛ.tɪk/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjConcerned with beauty, artistic effect, or appearance.

adjBeautiful or appealing to one's sense of beauty or art.

Sentence Examples

By architectural symmetry, Emmet means geometric symmetry combined with aesthetic uniformity.

I look at it from an aesthetic point of view.

The architect designed the building with a modern aesthetic in mind.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

artistic cosmetic esthetic

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The gallery owner chose paintings based on their ____ appeal rather than their historical value.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The new building has a modern ____ design that fits the city's style.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewis-dʰh₁ Proto-Hellenic *awistʰomai Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek αἴσθησῐς (aísthēsĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós)bor. Latin aesthēticusder. German Ästhetikder. ▲ New Latin aesthēticusbor. French esthétiqueder. English aesthetic From German Ästhetik or French esthétique, both from New Latin aesthēticus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós, “of sense perception”), from αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “to feel”); analysable as aesthe(sis) + -tic. Cognates include Proto-Germanic *awiz (“obvious”), Sanskrit आविस् (āvís, “manifestly, evidently”) and Latin audiō.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"If you're anxious for to shine in the high aesthetic line as a man of culture rare, You must get up all the germs of the transcendental terms, and plant them everywhere." — 1881, W. S. Gilbert, Patience, act I:

"If Euston is not typically English, St. Pancras is. Its façade is a nightmare of improbable Gothic. It is fairly plastered with the aesthetic ideals of 1868, and the only beautiful thing about it is Barlow's roof. It is haunted by the stuffier kind of ghost. Yet there is something about the ordered whole of St. Pancras that would make demolition a terrible pity." — 1941 August, C. Hamilton Ellis, “The English Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 358:

"But he was also a natural chronicler: one senses that, even as his schemes collapsed, this aesthetic Arab Quixote knew the stories would make great material for his witty, sharp, melancholic writings." — 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 268:

"The station was rebuilt yet again by British Rail in 1967, when large chunks of the 19th century station were demolished and replaced with 'modern' buildings that were less than aesthetic." — 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Wakefield Kirkgate”, in RAIL, number 948, page 28:

"A thin, crunchy lemon and thyme rosti was essentially the pimped-up aesthetic of the Kettle chip. That's OK. I like Kettle chips." — 2011 December 18, Jay Rayner, “Restaurant review: Aurelia”, in The Observer, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2022:

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