silhouetted

verb

past tense of silhouette
as in traced
to draw or make apparent the outline of in the photograph the majestic mountain is strikingly silhouetted against the setting sun

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Recent Examples of silhouetted When hunting, the dragonflies approached their prey from below, so prey was often viewed silhouetted against the sky. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026 Look out for delicate, wispy cloud formations that shine silver and blue in the twilight, while other clouds near the horizon appear dark and silhouetted in the evening sky. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 5 June 2026 There was light back there, and then all these trees were silhouetted. — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 9 May 2026 The original house was set back and silhouetted against the backdrop of trees. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026 The Endless Summer design, featuring a surfer silhouetted against an orange-yellow sunset, is Florida's top-selling specialty plate, with 145,063 registrations. — Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026 The astronauts will also look for dust lofted off the moon’s surface and silhouetted against the faint coronal light. — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 6 Apr. 2026 Whatever is placed on the paper as it is exposed—a body, a flower—is silhouetted. — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2026 Our southwest-facing room also rather generously provided a view towards Mount Fuji 60 miles away, all the more impressive when silhouetted against the blushing sunset. — Stephen Kelly, TheWeek, 26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for silhouetted
  1. traced
  2. sketched
  3. outlined
  4. defined
Verb
  • Riccio points out oftentimes the license plates to legal vehicles are removed or blocked, which keeps them from being traced on license plate readers.
    — Jermont Terry, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The artist’s practice can be traced to making her son’s basket cradleboard with family members, which drew her to weaving and led her to gathering materials directly into her paintings.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 31 July 2026
Definition of traced
Verb
  • Parry, aged only 21, sketched out his theory in a master’s dissertation.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
  • Designers have already sketched their answers for WWD, imagining everything from grand couture ballgowns to more unexpected takes on the singer’s bridal era.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 July 2026
Definition of sketched
Verb
  • The plain, old clinch knot has been around longer than the improved clinch, and the only difference between the two is step four in the process outlined above.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 30 July 2026
  • During Thursday’s call, Albesa outlined several upcoming initiatives for Puig, beginning with the launch of Jean Paul Gaultier’s new feminine fragrance, La Favorite.
    — Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 30 July 2026
Definition of outlined
Verb
  • Increasingly, loyalty is being defined by the entire trip—not simply the hotel stay.
    — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • If his startup years were defined by pitch decks and investor updates, Philips’ life now is defined by alarms and factory floors.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of defined

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