vignettes

Example Sentences

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“This Is Not About Running” is told through vignettes in very short chapters, which gives the story little narrative flow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Those vignettes became source material for her new music.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

“Ladies’ Lunch” and “Still Talking” comprise short vignettes about a group of aging friends who for decades have gotten together every other month or so on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Gay kisses and scenes of queer physical affection aren’t exactly titillating, or worse, made into inspiring coming-out vignettes perfectly primed for Pride season watchlists.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

They were pictures of lovers in lonely parks, with vignettes of hearts pierced with arrows and golden ribbons held by doves.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez