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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
limn .
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Examples
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And it skillfully limns the morphology of a scene, from creation and discovery to co-optation and destruction.
'Butt Naked' D.C. filmmakers join ranks of Sundance documentary picks Ann Hornaday 2011
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As he did in his much-acclaimed Jesse James, Stiles limns the meteoric career of an impetuous spirit.
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This reveals Terry Galloway's trenchant humor at its best and limns her philosophy of refusing to be the inspirational sort of "good cripple".
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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Brimming with the density of evermore, each piece limns the predicament of acknowledgment of perishable flesh and bones in a galaxy measured by light years.
James Scarborough: Lisa Adams and the Spirituality of Imperfection James Scarborough 2011
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This reveals Terry Galloway's trenchant humor at its best and limns her philosophy of refusing to be the inspirational sort of "good cripple".
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"Few can match the muted humor, lingering poignancy and depth with which Hornby limns his forgivably human characters."
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It is a horrifying moment, and by placing that most unstable interval in the lowest range of the orchestra, Puccini limns not just the man, but the fundamental instability of all tyrannies.
Discord and democracy: What we can learn about Cairo from Puccini's 'Tosca' Philip Kennicott 2011
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The emotional reality of life as a cyborg pieced together from flash-frozen body parts and aging equipment limns every translated sentence.
Set the dial for…1972! « Haikasoru: Space Opera. Dark Fantasy. Hard Science. 2010
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Gormenghast is a world all its own, and Peake limns it with absolute conviction.
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Brimming with the density of evermore, each piece limns the predicament of acknowledgment of perishable flesh and bones in a galaxy measured by light years.
James Scarborough: Lisa Adams and the Spirituality of Imperfection James Scarborough 2011
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