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silhouette

[sil-oo-et] / ˌsɪl uˈɛt /


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Inside the black silhouette of a farmhouse, a pristine white washing machine appears at an almost monumental scale, set against flat fields of saturated color.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

“I think there is more runway for the silhouette in the next year or two,” Goldstein said in emailed comments.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

He saw Bori’s flickering silhouette gripping the bars.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

La Liga 2 side Real Valladolid's home shirt uses the club's traditional stripes, with a silhouette showing the Province of Valladolid stitched into the kit.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

His silhouette shows a full beard and curly sidelocks.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

Nigerian models donned outfits of seemingly impossible amounts of fabric folded and moulded into massive silhouettes, or overlapping in shingled, feather-like patterns.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

While Armani already used these luminous touches in his eveningwear, Silvana Armani has multiplied them to emphasise the fluidity and lightness of her silhouettes.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Kotsoni says the items to look out for are "draped garments, breezy materials and lots of bohemian and flowy silhouettes".

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Draped silhouettes and oversize parkas become an entry point into a vortex in which linearity doesn’t exist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

A quarter mile from Fry, a couple of human-shaped silhouettes were visible at the forest border.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

The DJ was silhouetted by a large window display of a gigantic, human-sized plastic re-creation of Raising Cane’s chicken tenders and crinkle-cut fries being dipped into a tub of Cane’s Sauce.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

Its glacial flatness doesn’t lend itself to crusades, or to impressive scenes like a man on horseback silhouetted against the sunset.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

Bold purple and magenta animations of galloping warriors silhouetted against rustling pines cover entire walls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026

Cinematographer Michael Bauman puts together a gorgeous, silhouetted shot of St. Carlos’ skateboarding scouts vaulting over rooftops in front of a building lit up to look like the American flag.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025

The bridge railings are silhouetted against the sky.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Occasionally he would lean forward, silhouetting himself entirely but for some unruly wisps of gray hair, which glowed like a nimbus.

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2020

We pulled into Sacramento and our first glorious California sunset, a sheet of horizontal oranges and reds silhouetting black water towers and high-tension wires.

From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2016

The photo captured Watkins’s image by silhouetting his head against an illuminated tree.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2015

You see it's enough to bring tears to the eyesby silhouetting trees,winter boughs spidery on mist-like white skiestwitched in a breeze.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 18, 2013

Tally gazed down at the familiar skyline, the slender trails of fireworks silhouetting the party towers and mansions.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld


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