silhouette
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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
Rabanne, which has built an entire brand and silhouette around heavy metal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
He saw Bori’s flickering silhouette gripping the bars.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
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
I can only see her in silhouette and even then only after my eyes have adjusted to the light.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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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
Kotsoni says the items to look out for are "draped garments, breezy materials and lots of bohemian and flowy silhouettes".
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
I enjoy the ideas and the silhouettes of Japanese fashion.
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
Jonas had set Matthew on his shoulders and the couple became silhouettes against the sky as the moon rose and Claire watched.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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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
The photos transform the city’s atmosphere into fields of luminous color — the Hollywood Roosevelt’s sign silhouetted against saturated red and yellow skies, or the moon suspended in darkness.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
Bold purple and magenta animations of galloping warriors silhouetted against rustling pines cover entire walls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026
A fire was crackling under an elaborately carved mantelpiece ahead of them, and several Slyth- erins were silhouetted around it in high-backed chairs.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
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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
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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