(1) A wanderer in the vast Nevada desert comes upon yet another rock formation, a mass of craggy geometric shapes limned in the gentle hues that express eons of sedimentation.(2) That is especially true of business journalism, which - at its best - limns both the outsize frailties of men and the hidden drama of numbers.(3) A key image for the film because it limns Kane's elusive real self, but also a key moment in film and literature for the transition from the modern to the postmodern.(4) It is LeWitt's world, of course, but in its vast accumulation of specifics, it somehow limns the general, and the resulting work could be a composite view of the life of any artist in the late 20th century.(5) Whatever the answer, how much more complex the alchemical process between actor and performance when the actor is called upon to give voice to a character hitherto limned only by the comments of others?(6) The career limned in Four Trials shows a dedication to helping others, a deep reservoir of empathy for the unfortunate, and a passion for justice.(7) Unlike most of the nebulas that populate the universe, these clouds are limned by arcs or tings and bathed in the blue light emitted by helium ions.(8) The barrier began to waver, cracks limned in shifting coronae of flame appearing as more and more shots dumped their freezing charges into the shield, taxing Ramirez to the limit.(9) The story limns the unforgiving and often repressive claims of memory and family tradition in unresolved discord.(10) There's a kind of antiqued texture to it that cannot be captured in a picture, and there are these subtle prints of wallpaper flowers flecked here and there, and some limned in delicate etchings of gold.(11) He was holding the reigns of a small white horse whose long tail and mane shone as though limned with sunlight, even in the dim light allowed by the tall, narrow stone loopholes that faced south above the river.(12) Diary posits her as a threat to the insularity of the Monteils and their vapid way of life, a threat Moreau coolly limns in one of her most nuanced, restrained performances.(13) The curves of her body are limned in the half-dark by light reflected from the room's reddish carpet.(14) Homes and hills, roads and valleys lay on the other side, limned in gold by the clear, late light.(15) It's a delightful book, filled with colorful characters quickly but deftly limned .(16) In less than two seconds the Portal was open, a perfect circle, limned eerily by writhing feathers of blue coronal discharge.
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