limned
Example Sentences
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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
He instead limned the experience of a Russian Orthodox vigil into an artwork.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2021
Occasionally a more human presence is limned, intimating an elaborately costumed Mardi Gras celebrant.
From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2020
Liberty, Liberty, Liberty—the word was limned into the ears of the thousands who stood watching and applauding.
From Slate • Jun. 20, 2020
The jagged horizon was limned with a coronalike glow that flickered and pulsed before my eyes.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
