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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

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

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

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

“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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