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

From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2017

‘Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free/ Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands.’

From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2016

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 by lantern light, he stretched, and a long shadow snaked out to cloak the watching fox.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker