contour

Example Sentences

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Yes, the contour palette is back, though Patrick says “no-makeup makeup” is still very much here.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

Sometimes they are used to contour or shape the nose or lips.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

Sometimes, Goode included a contour drawing of the bottle behind it on the canvas, suggesting that one is the projection of the other.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

Yeah, the Chinese government is definitely mining my data, but so is Mark Zuckerberg, and Zuckerberg’s Facebook never gave me the perfect step-by-step tutorial of how to contour my face for a truly flawless finish.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2025

He was so close she could hear his contour feathers buzz in the wind.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George