lineaments

Example Sentences

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“A number of faults and lineaments have been mapped in the range, with no known earthquakes on any of them,” says Hubbard.

From National Geographic • Sep. 11, 2023

After the kids are dropped at school, I take a circuitous route back home, to trace the lineaments of the past in the bricks and pavements of this familiar acre of London.

From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2021

Trump's order calls for the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security to develop the lineaments of such a process within 90 days, so details may be forthcoming.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2019

Jeff and Russell, whose character is more layered, deserve a few more realistic lineaments.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2019

As Mr. Gitney and Bono descended, I could see in the lineaments of their faces that the ride of hours had not been passed in idleness, but rather marked by contest of will.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson