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silhouette

[sil-oo-et] / ˌsɪl uˈɛt /


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Ballet flats are back in vogue, and that’s prompted some unlikely companies to hop on the bandwagon with their own riffs on the classic shoe silhouette.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

He saw Bori’s flickering silhouette gripping the bars.

From Slate Aug. 11, 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

The drag queen’s stickers include the same mountain silhouette used by Patagonia.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

In the dying light, only its stark silhouette was visible; what it contained within was veiled in shadow.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

He took a photo of them on the slope, small silhouettes against the snow.

From BBC Sep. 11, 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

“For her, we have the hottest shoes and silhouettes in the market,” Adidas CEO Bjorn Gulden said on the company’s earnings call last month.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

He was just standing there, he said, watching the moon, and then off to the west a column of silhouettes appeared as if by magic at the margin of the jungle.

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

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

As old as the invention of photography, rayographs—negative, silhouetted photographic prints made by placing objects directly onto light-sensitive paper—are more commonly known as photograms.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 27, 2025

Cinematographer Michael Bauman puts together a gorgeous, silhouetted shot of St. Carlos’ skateboarding scouts vaulting over rooftops in front of a building lit up to look like the American flag.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 24, 2025

The orange glow from the clearing silhouetted a man at the edge of the yard, searching the trees with a rifle at his shoulder.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

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

The crew boat returned to Tigre as the sun set, casting a golden glow over the lapping water, silhouetting the Parque de la Costa amusement park.

From New York Times Dec. 1, 2010

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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