How to Use in profile in a Sentence

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• Above the desk was a poster of Faulkner in profile, standing outdoors, a white clapboard house in the background, two small white dogs with black ears and noses by his feet.
  — Nell Freudenberger, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
• The other image shows him in profile against the African savannah, with giraffes and zebras visible in the background.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026
• Gray ships were easily seen in profile against the sky and horizon by U-boat periscopes—was there a better color to paint them to help camouflage them from attack?
  — Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
• Gray ships were easily seen in profile against the sky and horizon by U-boat periscopes — was there a better color to paint them to help camouflage them from attack?
  — Kory Stamper, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
• From a distance, the color nearly blended with Anderson’s skin; the height became considerably more obvious in profile.
  — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 30 July 2026
• Images of Jenner, 70, have been proliferating across Chinese platforms such as Weibo, Xiaohongshu and Douyin, most commonly in profile pictures or wallpapers.
  — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 5 Apr. 2026
• Images of Jenner, 70, have been proliferating in recent days across Chinese platforms such as Weibo, Xiaohongshu and Douyin, most commonly in profile pictures or screen wallpapers.
  — Erin Tan, NBC news, 4 Apr. 2026
• Gwyneth Paltrow returned to the Oscars red carpet on Sunday night for the first time in 11 years, arriving at the 98th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood in a custom Giorgio Armani Privé gown that read sleek and minimal from the front, and then shifted in profile with side cutouts.
  — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019