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silhouette

[sil-oo-et] / ˌsɪl uˈɛt /


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Baer was fascinated by the human silhouette, and his detailed darkroom notes show the lengths he went to achieve the effects of light and shadow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“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

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

The cover was stunning: Essa stood in the center, a silhouette against a diamond-studded sky.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

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

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

On all sides he could see only the dark, slender silhouettes of trees, as if he were in a vast cage.

From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi

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

So it’ll be, like, 5 or 6 o’clock in the morning, and it’s dark, but the palm trees are silhouetted in the sky.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 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

A figure was silhouetted in front of the fire.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

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

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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