limn

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Recent Examples of limn The adjacent desperations of the Emory family are meant to limn the material and psychological effects of living under the threat of anti-Blackness in America. Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2021 Nonetheless, Democrats want to be perceived as favoring virtually universal suffrage, and to limn their conservative and Republican opposition as favoring vote suppression. Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 3 Nov. 2020 Her poems, which have appeared in The New Yorker for over thirty years, limn the legacies of history, in her home country and beyond, and reckon especially with the repression of women’s accomplishments, realities, and inner lives. Hannah Aizenman, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2020 Also stuffed not inelegantly between the microcosmic doings are several larger incidents that limn the bloody and brutal history of the two centuries, including South American totalitarianism, European pogroms and the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina. Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2020 See All Example Sentences for limn
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Verb
  • The album name had been rattling around her brain for months, born out of years of experiences trying to find the right combination of words to describe her sound to other people, particularly the American media.
    Cat Cardenas, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2025
  • Olsen describes her own workdays, raising four children while dreaming of writing, and watching that dream die.
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • The industry has come so far from what’s depicted in the show.
    David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
  • Like at the Ssangyong factory, Gi-hun and his co-workers went on strike, which resulted in a violent clash with the police — a scene briefly depicted in episode 5 of Squid Game's first season.
    Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 29 June 2025
Verb
  • The company aimed to portray someone overcoming obstacles to achieve their dream.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
  • The feds’ case portrayed the mogul as a ruthless and micromanaging boss who, during the two decades before his September 2024 arrest, abused his larger-than-life status in the industry to control his employees and lovers alike through violence and intimidation.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 24 June 2025

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“Limn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limn. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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