silhouette
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Picasso had created a silhouette of me for the cover and inscribed in pen: “For Sylvette David, Picasso.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Then, if I dive deeper into Japanese culture, I think about the most iconic silhouette, which for me is a kimono.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Where the former implemented carefully considered, brief glimpses of its female lead to shade her character’s textures, “Obsession” stops caring about Nikki the moment her silhouette is completed.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
While keeping the same basic silhouette, subsequent models had greater power and came in a variety of colors.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
There still wasn’t much light outside, so all I could see of him was his thin, bony silhouette upright in the bed.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
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Likewise, Paris Fashion Week isn’t known to feature designers whose collections can be worn off the rack, instead showcasing works of great sartorial ambition, with severe silhouettes and playful flourishes alike.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
Some are opting for oversize silhouettes, gym-ready fabrics and athleisure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Those gains, she said, were seen across its bra silhouettes and price points.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
The nostalgic tone of the collection was captured by some attendees who praised the juxtaposition of pieces, resulting in fluid, less cinched silhouettes reminiscent of 1940s Hollywood.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
In sections, display case after display case sits vacant, little shapes on their felted shelves marking the silhouettes of whatever has been removed.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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Behind them the water is a luminescent strip of blue, abutting a silhouetted skyline in which many of the buildings belch smoke; a few of the industrial structures spew fire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
On a city bridge, Simone Baumeister photographed an orb-weaver spider silhouetted against traffic lights.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025
Cue Haynes, who knew how to introduce the door-opening moment with otherworldly suspense: light, mist, a silhouetted Nanette.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025
There are competent if conventional scenes of fog-laden meadows and villages silhouetted against distant skies.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2024
Some even caught glimpses of his sinuous form, silhouetted against the light-colored stone of which Rome was built, a sinister shadow sliding past walls and closed gates.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
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“The glare and the sunlight was kind of silhouetting him, so I didn’t see his face,” the witness, Capt. Neda K. Othman of the U.S.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
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
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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