silhouette

Example Sentences

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I’d stare into twilight-tinged corners of my bedroom, convincing myself that I could see a human-like silhouette lurking in the dark, and spending what felt like hours thinking of all the things it could be.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

Flint often gelled his hair into the shape of two devil horns, of which a silhouette is etched into the backrest of the bench.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

The velvety silhouette feels as distant as the sea, whose dark surface is sliced by the banister.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

"I think that with age and the way my view of the world is evolving now, I wanted to create a silhouette that's ... a bit more fitted," head of Paris-based 3.Paradis,

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

Sand to all sides, occasionally a scattering of boulders or the briefest silhouette of jagged mountains in the far-off distance.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga