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scrim

[skrim] / skrɪm /
NOUN
backdrop
Synonyms
STRONGEST




Example Sentences

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A scrim will cover the huge window itself so that no one outside can peer in to see who’s bidding.

From The Wall Street Journal

His protection was a thin scrim of hotel security and rent-a-cops hired for crowd control.

From Los Angeles Times

But who doesn’t perk up a bit when the scrim of perfection that shields the private lives of high-profile, perfectly turned-out couples is torn, even for one brief moment?

From Los Angeles Times

In this enormous projection piece, Eliasson unfurls a phantasmagoria of shifting shapes and amorphous space across a vast fabric scrim stretched between the walls of a large, darkened museum gallery.

From Los Angeles Times

The audience could see me through the scrim, but they couldn’t hear us.

From Los Angeles Times