limned
Example Sentences
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The latter film is one of Keaton’s lesser-known but still brilliantly limned stone-faced satires, in this case involving cowpokes and its star’s tender feelings for a milk cow.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
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
As such, the music of “Soundwalk” feels limned from a blend of intention and intuition.
From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2020
Occasionally a more human presence is limned, intimating an elaborately costumed Mardi Gras celebrant.
From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2020
Inej looked at her strange crew, barefoot and shivering in their soot-stained prison uniforms, their features limned by the golden light of the dome, softened by the mist that hung in the air.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
