limned
Example Sentences
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Michael Spyres’s clarion tenor and Brian Mulligan’s warm baritone limned the Emperor and Barak; Nina Stemme’s register leaps brought the Nurse to ferocious life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Haring limned his oval head, the topknot above a receding hairline, a pair of prominent ears and eyes staring out from behind black-rimmed eyeglasses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
Cox coaxed a marvelous stereo glow from the strings throughout, and Grimaud moved freely between hard-hammered accents and exquisitely limned lightness.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2022
Liberty, Liberty, Liberty—the word was limned into the ears of the thousands who stood watching and applauding.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2020
The shifting lamplight limned their stony scales, and shimmering motes of jade and scarlet and gold swam in the air around them, like courtiers around a king.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
