Winged Victory

noun

1. a Greek marble statue (c200 b.c.) of Nike found at Samothrace and now in the Louvre, Paris.

Example Sentences

It was enough to shake the nerves of the Winged Victory; but Mrs. Lorimer went through it like a heroine.

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It was as upsetting as though the bronze Winged Victory on the parlour mantel should begin to weep.

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Nearly every American girl has a cast of the winged Victory of the Louvre in her room.

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At either end of the scene, in the background, is an image of a Winged Victory with a wreath and palm.

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As the Winged Victory represents flying in sculpture, so his work is the extreme example of action with the brush.

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