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limned

VERB
depict
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Riccardo Frizza’s fluid conducting drew out the score’s long bel canto lines and limned its propulsive rhythmic structure, and his flexible support of the singers made every aria and ensemble breathe and soar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

Haring limned his oval head, the topknot above a receding hairline, a pair of prominent ears and eyes staring out from behind black-rimmed eyeglasses.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2023

Cox coaxed a marvelous stereo glow from the strings throughout, and Grimaud moved freely between hard-hammered accents and exquisitely limned lightness.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2022

Occasionally a more human presence is limned, intimating an elaborately costumed Mardi Gras celebrant.

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2020

She saw a horse, a great grey stallion limned in smoke, its flowing mane a nimbus of blue flame.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin



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