scrim

Example Sentences

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The show, which opens Sunday, features a scrim that has been hand-painted with the notes of Mozart’s “Phantasie für eine Orgelwalze.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

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 • Nov. 17, 2025

A fabric scrim is stretched across nearly the entire width of a large, darkened gallery, and it reaches almost from the floor to the high ceiling.

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

Lawrence, viewing the meeting through the scrim of his boundless optimism, overlooked these off-key notes, detecting only a resounding validation of his vision.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik