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silhouette

[sil-oo-et] / ˌsɪl uˈɛt /


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“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

It’s backed by a mission-style silhouette tiled with an urn overflowing with foliage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

There is even one stitched with the silhouette of dancing fauns as tall as the skirt itself.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

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

"There are lots of gardening appropriate silhouettes on the runways," she says, including aprons, waterproof materials and trench coats.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

They have some of the coolest colors and silhouettes and they come to life through animation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

The label said the collection sought to upend "traditional notions of chic" and rework historical silhouettes.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

The seven silhouettes seemed to float across the surface of the earth, like spirits, vaporous and unreal.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

One stunning shot follows the group from behind as they are silhouetted by the setting sun whose fading rays show off the clouds’ contours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

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

Several unnerving things are happening at once, including the presence of a silhouetted stalker, old bones that give the dog nightmares and Todd’s unpredictable mood swings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025

The man’s wife came to the door and stood silhouetted against the pale light of a kerosene lamp.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

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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