contour

Example Sentences

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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

And even that contour was ever-changing, different depending on what form Mansfield took on to please the world.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2025

“No, sir, I solemnly assure you to the contrary. The shape standing before me had never crossed my eyes within the precincts of Thornfield Hall before; the height, the contour were new to me.”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë