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line drawing

NOUN
drawing of an outline
Synonyms
WEAK
black and white delineation drawing illustration pen-and-ink pencil drawing picture sketch

Example Sentences

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But if Carl Richards was invited to the party — as he should be — the group might emerge with just a line drawing accompanied by a few words.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

Not those hairline millimetre is he on or off line drawing nonsense situations.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

The justices sympathetic to that argument returned repeatedly to the problem of line drawing.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026

A line drawing of the couple, created in one take by their 10-year-old nephew.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2025

But on the side where the fortune would go, there was just a line drawing of a rose—otherwise, it was totally blank.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin