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to give a representation or account of in words
he limned the scene in the courtroom so perfectly I could practically see it
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Recent Examples of limns
The anxiety is rooted in the mundane rather than the arch and limns how such mental strife makes others illegible to you.
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Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2025
By contrast, Borghi limns a figure of comingled sensuality, threat and eventual poignance, without ever appearing to reach for effect.
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Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2025
By contrast, Borghi limns a figure of comingled sensuality, threat and eventual poignance, without ever appearing to reach for effect.
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Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for limns
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The Anti-Defamation League describes Patriot Front as a white supremacist group.
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Staying home might not readily provide the intoxicating beauty Emerson describes.
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His pioneering work on the colonial bar portrays a profession living through extraordinary uncertainty.
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The summer’s political bestseller portrays him as a figure whose transformative potential has been utterly derailed by hubris.
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The franchise depicts a future where good people want to do good, are endlessly curious, believe in justice and diplomacy and strive to maintain peace.
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Achilles discovered among the Daughters of Lycomedes depicts a Greek mythological scene during the Trojan War in which the hero Achilles has been hidden by his mother, the sea nymph Thetis, on the island of Skyros.
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“Limns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limns. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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