Examples of high relief in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Which brought our collective hurtle toward catastrophe into high relief. — Outside Online, 10 Mar. 2022 The cities’ differences were in high relief at high school graduation. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2021 Misty’s willingness to cross boundaries, not just to menace but to endanger, puts into high relief the grief of Natalie, another outsider, who is also unstable. — The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022 These circumstances are cast in high relief when a single event — like Ida or Henri or a summer downpour — reveals just how fragile a system really is. — Diana Budds, Curbed, 2 Sep. 2021 But, in one of the most striking photographs, three fleeing figures—two women and a man, in high relief against a gray background—do occupy the central space. — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2021 Juxtaposed with Athey, an extremist of an effectively harmless sort, narratives of bloody martyrdom as the path to salvation are thrown into high relief. — Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2021 The contemporary design and engineering of the movement come alive when positioned in high relief against the Razzle Dazzle pattern, breaking up the monochrome look of previous Freak X models. — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 5 May 2021 The most imposing sculpture is a 17th-century metal plaque showing the figure of a royal courtier in high relief. — Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2021 See More

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