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It wasn’t visible to her, but the guards had delineated an area within which the prisoners’ relatives were not allowed.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

Looking round him he beheld a signboard on which the painter's art had delineated something remotely resembling a cerulean elephant with an aquiline nose in lieu of a trunk.

From The Inns and Taverns of "Pickwick"; with Some Observations on Their Other Associations, by Matz, Bertram Waldrom

At that time we had a little laugh at my expense respecting the beauty of that map of mine, and the accuracy with which I had delineated the route.

From Forty-Six Years in the Army by Schofield, John M.

Looking round him, he there beheld a signboard on which the painter's art had delineated something remotely resembling a cerulean elephant with an aquiline nose in lieu of trunk.

From The Pickwick Papers by Dickens, Charles

Manhood is not that free, powerful, and commanding state the imagination had delineated.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 by Various