lineament
Example Sentences
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For the best science fiction and fantasy to use the supernatural to illuminate the lineaments of ordinary oppression, it has to know where those invisible lines are in the first place.
From Salon
These are the lineaments of the thing called experience.
From Washington Post
The lineaments of a structure loom through the fog in the form of chapter headings that both provoke ideas and give them a home.
From The Guardian
“The whole book is an act of gratitude. It is a fantastic privilege to be in a place in which limbs, features, smells, the lineaments and presence of the people are so powerful.”
From Washington Post
These are theatrical characters built on fundamental patterns and fleshed out with lineaments that come most fully to life in the presence of Washington’s Troy.
From Los Angeles Times
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