limned

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Limned with dark hues, his models’ bodies are thrillingly aglow.

From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2022

Limned against the starlight were the wings of a plane, still standing where it had landed beside the sand-trap.

From Raiders Invisible by Hall, Desmond Winter

Limned faintly against the reflected light was the outline of a crouching man's body.

From Hawk Carse by Gilmore, Anthony

Limned upon the fair horizon, West from central Hudson's tide, The fair form of Ontiora Throughout ages shall abide.

From The Hudson Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention by Bruce, Wallace

A sort of fancy sketches, Limned on the mind's retina, with a grace More subtle than the wakeful artist catches, And tinted with a more ethereal trace.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 by Various