How to Use in profile in a Sentence

in profile

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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
• 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
• 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