contour

Yes, the contour palette is back, though Patrick says “no-makeup makeup” is still very much here.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025

Sometimes they are used to contour or shape the nose or lips.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025

The simple contour of a chapel, its steeple slightly off-center, stands out from the wall about six inches deep.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025

Yeah, the Chinese government is definitely mining my data, but so is Mark Zuckerberg, and Zuckerberg’s Facebook never gave me the perfect step-by-step tutorial of how to contour my face for a truly flawless finish.

From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2025

But he liked the smooth, easy way she stood, as if she were part of the contour of the shore.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

One stunning shot follows the group from behind as they are silhouetted by the setting sun whose fading rays show off the clouds’ contours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

In reality, I’m sitting with Kelela, the electronic R&B architect whose uncompromising vision has quietly reshaped the contours of alternative music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

“Cien Años” played on, the elusive contours of its melody floating in the afternoon air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

This is not an earth-shattering example of the mysterious contours of human desire.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

The snow blurred from vision the clean contours of these cedar hills.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

Specialist pillows are often advertised as contoured, ergonomic or orthopaedic - but McCarthy says their effectiveness isn't completely proven.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Lawyers for the guitar builders say the guitar was actually designed by a few people, who landed on the contoured shape for comfortability.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

All around the Rams locker room Sunday evening, players were stretched out on contoured beds, their legs encased in compression sleeves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2023

The quoted language is aimed at the Supreme Court’s requirement that restrictions on speech to protect judicial proceedings be contoured no more broadly than required to meet the threat.

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2023

The third was the same figure, white on white, the raised parts pipe cleaners contoured side by side and glued onto a white cloth-covered backing.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

“We started to see a lot more intensive makeup looks, with contouring and heavy eye shadow application.”

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 7, 2026

Da’Vine Joy Randolph has been another red-carpet favorite with body contouring dresses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2024

For each patient, doctors typically spend between 25 minutes and two hours working through about 100 scan cross-sections, carefully "contouring" or outlining bones and organs.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2023

The procedure became one of the most popular options in the body contouring industry.

From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2023

Now she brought out fake eyelashes, green shadow, black liner, base, contouring brushes, eyebrow pencil, coral gloss.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart