foregrounds
Example Sentences
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Brown’s dreamlike visions of the climate and uniquely structured scenes—often with barely there foregrounds that emphasize the abstracted weather surrounding them—owe much to his mentor Ray Yoshida, as well as to Joseph Yoakum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Appropriately, Veiel foregrounds the unavoidable truth: Extras in her movies ended up at concentration camps, something she lied about.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
At the same time, many new diagnostic methods and early-intervention therapies have been developed in recent years, which foregrounds the need to identify more risk factors for the disease.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2023
It is impossible to ignore that it foregrounds it in any production because it says explicitly: must cast disabled actors in those roles.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
The repeated “He,” has a sarcastic tone, and the hysteron proteron in the second sentence foregrounds this notion on which the argument turns: Is pride really a bad thing?
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
