limned
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Michael Spyres’s clarion tenor and Brian Mulligan’s warm baritone limned the Emperor and Barak; Nina Stemme’s register leaps brought the Nurse to ferocious life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
There are images in “Uta Barth: Peripheral Vision” of curtain hems limned in light, a lamp hanging in otherwise empty space, the edge of a window frame, a horizon line of sofa cushions, distant trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
The text is matched by vivid, loosely painted watercolors and the animals, limned in brisk black brush lines, exude charm.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2022
As such, the music of “Soundwalk” feels limned from a blend of intention and intuition.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2020
His long face floated before her, limned in tongues of red and orange, appearing and disappearing again, a shadow half-seen behind a fluttering curtain.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
