Example Sentences

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Silhouetted, she’s holding up her cellphone camera, its bursting flash aimed directly at the viewer.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2022

Silhouetted against the sky of a 1925 July day at the gateway of a new public highway outside Washington was a 40-foot-tall monument of rose-colored granite and concrete shaped like a cross.

From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2018

Silhouetted by summer sun, he stood at the front door of my Vermont house.

From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2017

Silhouetted against the sun, with their splashes and laughter, they drown out the more distant clatter of the helicopters.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2014

Silhouetted against the golden moon, and growing larger every moment, was a large, strangely lopsided creature, and it was flapping in Harry’s direction.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling