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    silhouette


    silhouetted


    silhouettes


    silhouetting


    1. She thought she might have seen it in silhouette, but she could be fooling herself


    2. The young up and see in the distance a silhouette of a


    3. Luray's silhouette was visible out on the flats with a bag for the lon


    4. I could just make out his smoky silhouette on his knees; arms outstretched, head back, swaying to and fro


    5. I neither saw nor heard anything until I saw her silhouette on the kitchen door during a flash of lightning


    6. A head turns and Alex sees a silhouette, thin and long haired, turn to look out of the rear window


    7. In the window stood the silhouette of a man leaning against his mop


    8. he watched a dim silhouette cross in front of one of the


    9. silhouette of the town in the distance


    10. It was now too dark to see him as more than a silhouette against the sky

    11. No sooner had he made it to his feet, then the gurgling voice ended in silence and once more the black silhouette was coming at him


    12. silhouette on the horizon, even the knowledge that he’d


    13. She saw the silhouette of his legs pass by the fire’s


    14. In the dimness the sea was wine dark, and the silhouette of Elisif’s fair city upon the hill was a steadfast shadow in the fog


    15. Shaking his head in muted protest or mockery, he shifted his gaze again to the smoky silhouette of Solitude


    16. The bootblacks and the broadsheet vendors picked out his silhouette, moving through the dawn mists, with easy familiarity, as he tumbled from his street door into the waiting cab at precisely just after seven each morning, without fail


    17. "Mr Snickerty?" said the silhouette framed in the doorway


    18. In that pitch blackness and rain it was hard to see five feet, but a silhouette of some landmass seemed to loom in the distance


    19. ” The stretcher bearers carried him off into the night and I could just see the silhouette as he began the first part of his journey to the hospital ship


    20. The sky was beginning to darken and they could see the last rim of light in the western sky where the sun was sinking fast below the distant silhouette of trees

    21. When she arrived at the door to her tent, she saw a golden light burning within, Terese’s dark braid and perfect posture a silhouette against the striped canvas wall


    22. opened it, stood there in silhouette and slammed it behind her as she left


    23. The art of camouflage and breaking your silhouette was taught extensively


    24. It could have appeared as a black silhouette


    25. A moving silhouette along a wall offered hope, then showed itself to be a man in rags scurrying through the gloom who looked neither left or right: an addict, she thought, hurrying to score


    26. His wide shoulders were thrown into silhouette by the blazing headlights as he closed in on me


    27. Sinclair would wave them to one side and the unfortunate soul would be left to sit alone and wonder what was to come next, while at the edge of darkness, a malevolent silhouette fixed him in an icy gaze


    28. From that height we could contemplate spectacular landscapes, with a 360º bird’s eye view of truly sensational contrasts between the silhouette of the city and the islands that surround it


    29. The boys, if they had their wits about them, could see my black silhouette against the flickering bursts of lit-up clouds and smoke


    30. Then, in the sun’s fading rays, it happened! The silhouette

    31. Plastered on every available wall were posters featuring the symbolic logo of their movement: a silhouette in profile of the legendary Augusto Sandino, wearing his trademark wide brimmed cowboy hat


    32. Barely discernable in the immense mirror they stood upon, was the dark silhouette of palms lining the beach and opposite, the churning foam gave off an electric-green glow, generated by hundreds of thousands of luminous micro-organisms alive in the breaking waves


    33. The silhouette of a man climbing from the boat became visible, clinging to the steel rungs welded onto the outside wall of the barge


    34. He looked for his dad, and picked out his silhouette at the top of the staircase


    35. As the mirrored door swung shut, it revealed a disturbing silhouette, the reversal of reality somehow making the truth more poignantly clear to him


    36. I could see her nude chest rise and fall, the silhouette of her breasts


    37. silhouette took up the majority of the front seat


    38. As they drove north, Nick caught Jason’s silhouette out of the corner of his eye


    39. I now stand in darkness so complete that when I hold my hand in front of my nose, I can’t even see its silhouette


    40. But the third was still a blurry silhouette along the skyline

    41. upon the city, and the darkening silhouette of the Midgar


    42. Buster Sword as the silhouette of a woman appeared against the


    43. Cloud grudgingly watched the ghostly silhouette of the Turk


    44. They spotted unharmed islets of green and luxurious bushes, sandy sea arms, attractive suburban ports with their pleasant beaches, numerous boats of all types and sizes, the city’s distinct silhouette with its magnificent tower and world-famed historic structures such as the stunning landmark Opera House and the Bridge


    45. One of the occupants looked vaguely familiar, but the figure being in semi silhouette made it difficult to be certain who it might be


    46. You will position yourself so that the sun is directly behind you, and I will cast a spell similar to your Battle Shield that conforms to your silhouette between you and the sun, blocking the direct rays of the sun from you, and hopefully this will make the sensations you feel from the rays reflected onto you by the two samples more apparent


    47. Alternately climbing out of the darker shadow of one hill, then plunging down into the next, they trudged along until, while overtopping another of the few that were left, the brief hint of a silhouette of a mounted rider coming from the north slipped into the darker shadow of lower ground just ahead of them


    48. Farther on, at a high point in the ridge that overlooked the lowland beyond, a lone figure stood motionless in silhouette, backlighted by the distant tower of fire, staff raised high, as if caught in a moment in time


    49. As he gazed into the extremity of his view of the path, a small silhouette of a bird winged its solitary way in from the western sky


    50. ahead rose slowly, gradually providing a sharper and higher silhouette to the east, diminishing














































    1. Kortrax cracked the horizon and the mountain of city was silhouetted on his banded face


    2. Behind was the ghost of the mountain range barely silhouetted against the darkening sky


    3. I peered into the shadows and to my surprise, there was Alexis standing in his doorway, silhouetted by the soft glow of candles from his room


    4. She threw open the curtains, letting the room flood with glorious summer sunshine, and as she stood there, silhouetted in her curlers and her power-shouldered dressing gown, she started to sing


    5. make out the shape of an angel or a spirit silhouetted in the brilliant


    6. as she stood there, silhouetted in her curlers and her power-


    7. Her curls were briefly silhouetted in front of lighter rock


    8. figures silhouetted along the roofline, and began to plan


    9. Mark’s (silhouetted in the soft light of the newly risen sun)


    10. Rohr valley stood silhouetted against the rain and clouds

    11. Yet the horde of undead could be easily seen, silhouetted before the flaming forest


    12. Silhouetted against the sky, they reminded me of the mountains so near Nazareth, where my family awaited my return


    13. He stood, then smiled down at me and the sun, silhouetted around his head resembled a crown


    14. Looking up, the limbs of the pomegranate tree were silhouetted against that spectacular sky


    15. Seven musicians, silhouetted in backlight, walked casually on stage, to applause and whistles from the crowd; their casualness underscored by a strong sense of purpose


    16. Halon and Manna followed his gaze and saw a shadow silhouetted against the light


    17. The blackness of the roofline was accented by twinkling lights inside, silhouetted against a violent sky


    18. There silhouetted against the dusky West was the military Raptor unmanned aircraft hovering over the path


    19. Some lightness of the sky still existed, but everything was silhouetted, showing no real detail


    20. Briefly silhouetted over the next rise, a lone rider plunged headlong down into the partial shadow of the road ahead of them

    21. But the sun must have silhouetted the tree hiding the man who sat at it base, cross-legged


    22. "This way, Lieutenant Commander," one of Calvin's escorts said as he guided Calvin across the long stretch of path toward the silhouetted figures


    23. Oak trees in the distance were silhouetted by the moonlight, throwing shadows across the fields


    24. He stepped sideways so the sunlight silhouetted him


    25. The silhouetted figure hiding in her room heard every word


    26. Feeling somewhat awed by stone balustrades, broad steps and portico, he pressed the bell and was ushered into a lounge-room literally stuffed with deeply cushioned couches, arm chairs, small tables, oriental carpets, knickknacks, souvenirs and colourful daubs of minarets and camels silhouetted against desert sunsets


    27. other trees, the sky over the silhouetted canopies


    28. On the horizon, Noosa Hill was silhouetted against a pale sky


    29. When the cab pulled up to the house, two policemen stood out front, silhouetted by the porch light


    30. One policeman, silhouetted by the fire, was bent over the body of Mr

    31. Silhouetted against the pale dawn sky, moving rapidly towards Stavka through the high valleys were two black dots flying in close formation


    32. silhouetted against the snow


    33. A flight of what appeared to be a hundred drones flew silhouetted against the white glow of the Milky Way


    34. I took a deep sniff and miraculously the scent of water was in the air and it was in the direction of the silhouetted animal


    35. It burned in the presence of this silhouetted man


    36. The silhouetted figure in the refuge said he sent a helper


    37. It was silhouetted against the light of the sun, but Lezura could not mistake that it was Yeltsa


    38. Only one priority stood silhouetted in his mental headlights – Sunbeam


    39. Now well silhouetted in open terrain, the Taliban fighters found themselves suddenly the targets of a withering machinegun crossfire


    40. He gazed up at the familiar tree, silhouetted against the horns of the crescent

    41. The ferry glided out of Circular Quay, passing through the cool shadow of the Opera House, whose billowing sails were silhouetted in the orange glow of the sunrise


    42. It silhouetted the pleasant outline of


    43. Tom stopped in the middle of the foyer, his frame silhouetted against the glass panes of the doors leading to the circular drive in which had appeared a black Lincoln town car


    44. silhouetted were just a couple of the tricks he employed; but then sometimes,


    45. room, silhouetted against the view


    46. see Shoop, silhouetted against the window


    47. “Hel o? Boss?” said the silhouetted figure


    48. The ruins of the old smelters still stood and were now silhouetted slightly by a gradual brightening sky hinting of sunrise


    49. Standing above us, on the rim of the canyon, I could see five figures silhouetted by the sun at their backs


    50. He could see the guardhouse silhouetted in the moonlight, but there was no sign of movement either in it or around it










































    1. tracking silhouettes on the rise of water


    2. silhouettes in the burning of my shame


    3. The crispness of the black silhouettes of hangleaf and claw leaf, just beginning to slump for the darkness


    4. As their faces kissed, they grew rapidly and within minutes the whole sky and river had turned to a red universe populated only with silhouettes


    5. Paper silhouettes in the shooting


    6. He could see in the mirror and gradually felt that he was picking out their silhouettes


    7. Several feet away, the hooded figure and the demon fought, a pair of silhouettes dancing against the backdrop of a red horizon


    8. They were transparent like a thin layer of mist, and though they had elven physiques, they were more like elven silhouettes than the real thing


    9. He had two robed silhouettes along for ride


    10. Now she could make out the silhouettes of two men, one tall, one unusually short

    11. ghostly silhouettes of fence-posts by the field and outlines of the four buildings


    12. He nodded in agreement and his eyes roamed over the shadowy scene, taking in the dark, jagged silhouettes of houses, offices, churches and factories


    13. There were four hulking silhouettes in the middle and back rows of the SUV


    14. The rising sun was making dark silhouettes of the mountains to the east, and Raul didn’t want to miss sunrise, but he couldn’t greet it before freshening up with a steamy shower, a shave and preening to perfection his hair, mustache and any wayward strand about the ears or nose


    15. In quiet moments, he could still hear the sound of the blades drumming the air in cadence with the footfalls of black silhouettes running before the flames as he was lifted, ever higher, in a slow arch towards the south and Managua, leaving behind the dead and the dying


    16. They became two black silhouettes, with some barely visible details


    17. It was bright but I could not see, then there were people standing over me, silhouettes against the brightness


    18. “Unto God’s own image,” he said then half to himself while he pointed to the shuffling silhouettes of the nuns


    19. A shadow passed through the light, but rather than the silhouettes of Sam and


    20. saw three silhouettes, three guys with attitudes suspected, should be

    21. decrepit plain, dark silhouettes of collapsed buildings that


    22. hovering silhouettes on the road ahead


    23. disappearing amidst the silhouettes of the Nibel Forest’s armies


    24. Nicolas pointed up the steep hill on the other side of the bridge, to the place high on the plateau where torchlight glistened and the milling silhouettes of a body of people could just be made out


    25. And the silhouettes recede into the dense fog


    26. Barely discernable in the distance he saw what appeared to be the silhouettes of many structures


    27. what appeared to be the silhouettes of many structures


    28. Looking out of the window there were only the grey silhouettes highlighted by the full moon that shone above


    29. I could never draw even the simplest picture, yet there he was with nothing more than a pair of cuticle scissors and a sheet of black paper, producing truly life-like silhouettes of his clientele in only three minutes and for one mark


    30. The ugly harlot’s crazy!” They said as their wicked silhouettes disappeared down the street

    31. Once I complied, two patrolmen, silhouettes in the headlights, came out, guns drawn


    32. still silhouettes in a black and white picture


    33. silhouettes, similar to the entity who visited me when I was a


    34. “The monk looked around him, the tiny room was scarcely illuminated by the sheen of a candle, and books spread by all corners were projecting their silhouettes enlarged on the ungraceful stucco of the clay walls, silent witnesses of the thousands of minutes that the clergyman had dedicated to the study of the magic


    35. On the way two silhouettes were approaching


    36. They recognized the silhouettes of the trolls as they stood before the rays of light piercing the fog from the inn


    37. You can make out three silhouettes on the outside of your canopy


    38. The silhouettes of some planted coconut trees along the coast, leaning by the action of the wind, in pitiful attitude, bent as if they were carrying a heavy load, folding in reverence as sympathizers of our unique destiny


    39. see the silhouettes of men moving through the bushes


    40. That is why two silhouettes behind the stable could not be mistaken for innocent bystanders, but

    41. The system’s yellow-orange sun created silhouettes of the moving planetary pieces behind the massive ship as it remained motionless for a few minutes


    42. Five silhouettes could be seen through the darkened glass of the Caddy as the vehicle quickly blended with afternoon traffic in New York City


    43. I saw the silhouettes of two individuals therein


    44. As Joey entered the police premises with a nod from of the guards, they could see the silhouettes of laughing and shouting individuals


    45. I brushed off the two silhouettes as a


    46. The lights were on, curtains swaying open with dark silhouettes peering out


    47. Above him Joey saw the black, shaggy silhouettes against the moon of lycans leaping across the rooftops


    48. About 200 silhouettes then jumped out from the tail end of the scoutships and, gliding smoothly down, dispersed around the airfield


    49. the silhouettes of two individuals, an adult and what appeared


    50. at the silhouettes of city buildings







































    1. � Two minutes later, a bright spot ignited in the night sky over the sea, clearly silhouetting a small boat


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    Synonyms for "silhouette"

    silhouette side delineation outline boundary edge line lineament

    "silhouette" definitions

    an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow)


    a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color


    project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette


    represent by a silhouette