scrim
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Scene 2, a scrim projection informs us, takes place eight years later, moving us back into the time frame of the original libretto.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
Random object juxtapositions create ever-changing patterns of illumination, which reflect off an angled mirror fixed above and onto the back of the big scrim.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2024
Then Lee Greenwood live-performed Trump’s longtime walk-on music, “God Bless the U.S.A.,” while a scrim slowly rose to reveal an shadowed Trump on the stage, with his name written behind him.
From Slate • Aug. 23, 2024
A massive advertising scrim, the curtain served as a historical piece, showcasing Japanese American businesses that were in Seattle in the early 1900s.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024
Sketched upon the pall of soot downstream the outline of a burnt city like a black paper scrim.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
![]()
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.