line drawing

noun

: a drawing made in solid lines

Examples of line drawing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Four years ago, when body imaging was introduced, the visuals were primitive, similar to line drawings done by a child. Laura McCreddie-Doak, WIRED, 20 July 2024 Until the mid-1970s, Halaby was largely preoccupied with diagonal line drawings. Sarah Rose Sharp, ARTnews.com, 9 July 2024 The writing was simple, Kaho’s illustrations symbolic, monochrome line drawings. Haruki Murakami, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024 In Robot Dreams, the bold clarity of the line drawings matches the clean simplicity of the plot — which, perhaps ironically, fires our imaginations even further. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for line drawing 

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Word History

First Known Use

1891, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of line drawing was in 1891

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“Line drawing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20drawing. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.

Kids Definition

line drawing

noun
: a drawing made in solid lines

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