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scrim

[skrim] / skrɪm /
NOUN
backdrop
Synonyms
STRONGEST




Example Sentences

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A scrim will cover the huge window itself so that no one outside can peer in to see who’s bidding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

A fabric scrim is stretched across nearly the entire width of a large, darkened gallery, and it reaches almost from the floor to the high ceiling.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2024

Going over to inspect, one discovers that the work’s flat front scrim is actually a shallow box, with black scrim pulled taut at each side.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2024

Then Lee Greenwood live-performed Trump’s longtime walk-on music, “God Bless the U.S.A.,” while a scrim slowly rose to reveal an shadowed Trump on the stage, with his name written behind him.

From Slate • Aug. 23, 2024

Lazlo could make out Rasalas on high, hazy in the scrim of dust-diffused firelight.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor