adumbrate
verb (used with object)
to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
adumbrating
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present participleof adumbrate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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The filmmakers build to this moment as if it were D-Day or the Rumble in the Jungle, excavating a biographical Before and adumbrating a news media After.
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2015
In Wisconsin last week, Nixon gave a paid, 20-minute nationwide radio speech adumbrating a broad and basically moderate approach to the war.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Did you notice Mr. Boldwood's doings in church this morning, miss?"Liddy continued, adumbrating by the remark the track her thoughts had taken.
From Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
There was a blind primeval ferocity to be engendered by adumbrating, even for a few moments, their non-existence.
From Command by William McFee
Adum′brant, Adum′brative, adumbrating or giving a faint shadow.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
