limned

past tense of limn

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of limned Nuclear rhetoric and threats have limned the almost three and a half years of full-scale war in Ukraine. Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for limned
Verb
  • It’s gotten so bad that, in one of the largest H-2A criminal cases ever, a federal judge described the abuse of these workers as a form of modern-day slavery.
    Max Blau, ProPublica, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Boelter’s motivation remains unclear, but investigators found a one-and-a-half-page letter, described as rambling and difficult to read, that was ascribed to him.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Listings on marketplaces Etsy and needshirt showed shirts replicating the one depicted in images the FBI circulated in their search for the suspect.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Christy costars Ben Foster as Martin's manager-turned-husband James, initially depicted as loving and supportive (one shot shows Christy gleefully leaping into his arms after winning a match), but eventually revealed as possessive and dangerous.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Getty portrayed the cantankerous but charming matriarch Sophia Petrillo, the mother of Arthur's character, and McClanahan played the flirtatious Southern belle Blanche.
    Ashley Hume , Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The evening doubles as a salute to the 25th anniversary of Girlfriends, the groundbreaking sitcom that redefined how Black women’s friendships, ambitions, and complexities were portrayed on screen.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Limned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limned. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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