vignettes
Example Sentences
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In the process, McElwee creates a patchwork tapestry, comprised of vignettes across time.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
There will be a nod to the 250th celebrations with historical "vignettes" between bouts, Axios reported, and there will also be military bands, a US military flyover and parachute display and a 10-minute fireworks finale.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
“This Is Not About Running” is told through vignettes in very short chapters, which gives the story little narrative flow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Those vignettes became source material for her new music.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026
Many more vignettes illustrating this and other simple logical errors might be cited, but the point is clear enough: both innumeracy and defective logic provide a fertile soil for the growth of pseudoscience.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
