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• The backlight from the sunset cast the pier and the crowd in silhouette.From the entry backlight
• The giant was silhouetted against the door.From the entry against
• The silhouetted treeline gave the horizon a serrous appearance.From the entry serrous
• Great silhouettes overhead swashed the blue satin sky with scimitar wings—Magnificent Frigatebirds!2019, Nancy Corson Carter, A Green Bough: Poems For Renewal, page 6. From the entry swash
• Someone was standing in the hidden entrance, silhouetted against a harsh electric light.2018, Alex T. Smith, Mr Penguin and the Fortress of Secrets: Book 2, page 201. From the entry swizzle
• He could see the cot but nothing more than a murky silhouette covered in a blanket.2010, Andrew J. Peters, “The Vain Prince”, in Radclyffe [pseudonym; Lenora Ruth Barot], Stacia Seaman, editors, Myth & Magic: Queer Fairy…. From the entry dungeon master
• Rith stayed where he was, watching the silhouette of the cat in the darkness.2007, Pat Schmatz, Circle the Truth, page 188. From the entry meep
• Egypt's artists visually portrayed all humans and animals only as one-plane, flat silhouettes.1981, Richard Buckminster Fuller, Critical Path, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 33. From the entry omnidimensional
• A man was standing on top of the bluff, ashily silhouetted against the night sky.1965, John Fowles, The Magus, Boston: Little, Brown, Part 2, Chapter 49, pp. 318-319. From the entry ashily
• Dolly is a yellow-haired beauty with a famously feminine silhouette.2023, Jennifer Michael Hecht, “On Sleep: Looking Over Your Shoulder”, in The Wonder Paradox: Embracing the Weirdness of Existence and the…. From the entry princessian
• The designs showcased were two structured, sci-fi silhouettes in the Watson-generated colour palette of raisin black and Yankees blue.2017 June 2, Komal Sharma, “Where AI and fashion cross paths”, in liveMint. From the entry raisin black
• Neuwirth showed a long rainbow-colored strand of gemstones whose silhouette recalls a luxe version of the naja, or squash blossom necklace.2015 May 14, Victoria Gomelsky, “Beauty and Balance in Turquoise”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company…. From the entry naja
• The traditional female silhouettes now flicker over fetishy leather boots.2015, Adrian Daub, Charles Kronengold, The James Bond Songs: Pop Anthems of Late Capitalism, page 191. From the entry fetishy
• On a sunny day, Archie is up early, for he knows that aircraft will be silhouetted against a blue sky.2014, Martin Bowman, Lost Wings of WWI: Downed Airmen on the Western Front 1914-1918, →ISBN. From the entry archie
• This concept puts the curve back on the iPhone 5 with a silhouette that's reminiscent of a banana phone.2012, “Best iPhone 5 concept photos”, in CNet. From the entry iPhone
• They are pardalotes, tiny little feathered jewels with stubby bills and stubby tails, giving an oddly ladybird-like silhouette.2011, Ian Fraser, Peter Marsack, A Bush Capital Year: A Natural History of the Canberra Region, page 137. From the entry pardalote
• With our snotsicles and waxy cheeks, our breaths' plumes and hulking silhouettes, we may look like members of Scott's last expedition.2010, Michael Engelhard, “Biking Cool”, in Michael Engelhard, editor, Cold Flashes: Literary Snapshots of Alaska, University of Alaska…. From the entry snotsicle
• Lightning outlines Woo Doggy's silhouette outside the backbench door.2009, John Burbridge, The Blockade, →ISBN, page 106. From the entry backbench
• All I could see was a three-ringed ripple, and beyond that, the semisubmerged silhouette of a fellow student.2007 July 14, Harry Hurt Iii, “The Incomplete Angler”, in New York Times. From the entry semisubmerged
• His silhouette: broad shoulders, big legs, a square face oblonged by a crest of thick hair and almost lantern jaw.2006, Nancy Zafris, Lucky Strike, page 165. From the entry oblong
• In the only arty shot, the Dalai Lama, seen in silhouette, sits at the schwerpunkt of a Mondrian-like composition."2004 June 25, Meir Ronnen, “Happy Families?”, in The Jerusalem Post, Jerusalem. From the entry schwerpunkt
• The banner shows a yellowed silhouette of a boy (possibly Calvin, of Calvin & Hobbes) urinating on an EU flag.2001 Nov/Dec, David Sachs, “LET THEM EAT BITS”, in American Spectator, volume 34, number 8, page 78. From the entry cum
• Standing silhouetted in the doorwat through which they had entered the vault was the man who wasn't pleased to see them.1995, Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: a Trilogy in Five Parts, →ISBN, page 263. From the entry silhouetted
• Rather than introduce new silhouettes, couturiers spotlight the complete costume with accessorized hats, shoes, even hair and makeup.1993, Rita Lang Kleinfelder, When we were young: a baby boomer yearbook, page 297. From the entry midknee
• Silhouetted against the hard blue sky stood Selena, swaying as she looked white-faced at the man at her feet.1989, Mandy Rice Davies, chapter 19, in The Scarlet Thread, London: Michael Joseph, →ISBN, page 277. From the entry white-faced
• The slim shirtdressed silhouette—an important, flattering shape!1955 December 21, “Franklin Simon”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, volume 253, number 174, Triangle Publications Inc., page 8. From the entry shirtdressed
• Silhouette cut-outs to beautify the room in springly fashion.1933, International Journal of Religious Education, volume 10, page 26. From the entry springly
• The other, dwarfed and prehensile, might in its uncanny silhouette have been an imp of darkness from the nether regions.1921, William MacLeod Raine, Gunsight Pass, ch. 1. From the entry nether region
• The sleek silhouette will look super elegant styled on their bar cart or open shelves, while the durable crystal is dishwasher-safe for easy post-party cleanup.2024 October 9, Hannah Oh, Samantha Jones, “Amazon Has So Many Last-Minute Gifts Under $50 on Sale for October Prime Day”, in Cosmopolitan. From the entry post-party
• A Disney-themed quiz with quotes, silhouettes, random facts, emoji film titles, song texts, and a faceswap with the committee heads and Disney-characters.2021, Erik Goudart, “Diesney”, in Chimica Acta Lugduni, volume 55, Leiden: Chemisch Dispuut Leiden, →OCLC, page 25. From the entry faceswap
• Tucked inconspicuously away behind the shoal of darkness that hung in those gloomy corners, the silhouetted enigma was ogling him in halcyon silence.2007, Ramon Elmerito Gatchalian, A Supernatural Threat, page 9. From the entry enigma
• Silhouetted against the golden moon, and growing larger every moment, was a large, strangely lop-sided creature, and it was flapping in Harry’s direction.1999, J. K. Rowling, chapter 1, in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Bloomsbury. From the entry lop-sided
• Over by the piers a black sea of heads silhouette in the bright rectangle canopied by the upslung front of the tea stall.1964, quoted in 2014, Ian J. Finch, D. F. Bratchell, E. F. Candlin, General Studies: A First Handbook for Technical Students (page 148). From the entry wet and warm
• Squat and gnome-like it looked, silhouetted against the dying fire in the western sky; an odd, elfin-eared, pink-handed, hunchbacked manikin with a tail.1913, F. St. Mars, The Prowlers, page 102. From the entry pink-handed
• Vogue recommends mixing midis – ie wearing the midi-boot with the midi-skirt – which is one option (very Marni), as is the current silhouette on the high street.2015 August 21, Lauren Cochrane, “The rise of the midi: next season's boot height”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry midi
• Instead of using a theatre's large stage, the video works with close-ups, side shots, exaggerated silhouettes and fade-aways, which are more suitable for the television screen.2015, Gabriele Rippl, Handbook of Intermediality: Literature – Image – Sound – Music, page 558. From the entry fade-away

Meaning of silhouette

1. noun An artistic depiction, often of a person's profile, in the form of an outline without any other visual details, similar to a shadow, made by cutting a piece of black paper, filling in an outline with a solid colour (usually black), etc.
2. noun A dark outline of someone or something seen against a brighter background.
3. noun An outline of a garment as it appears on a wearer.

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Questions about silhouette in a sentence

How do you use silhouette in a sentence?

Silhouette is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I could see a silhouette of a figure looking out from the window, but I couldn’t tell if it was a man or a woman.”

What is a short sentence with silhouette?

“The giant was silhouetted against the door.”

What does silhouette mean?

Silhouette means an artistic depiction, often of a person's profile, in the form of an outline without any other visual details, similar to a shadow, made by cutting a piece of black paper, filling in an outline with a solid colour (usually black), etc.