line drawing

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Recent Examples of line drawing The suggestive line drawing of a woman with her hand down her underwear on his 2014 vintage, J’en veux!!! Eleanor Aldridge, AFAR Media, 31 July 2025 Forty-two line drawings and acrylic works on canvas — including some darkly amusing meditations on stupid humans moving through modern life — will be on view in Martin’s first solo exhibition. Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025 On the second floor of the prestigious Pace Gallery in Manhattan hung white-on-white abstract paintings and what appeared to be line drawings of rocks. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025 Thirteen different communities in the Canadian Arctic receive cruise passengers, departing from Iqaluit to Kinngait, known for its many sculptures and line drawing artists, and sailing through the Northwest Passage to Pond Inlet. Debbie Olsen, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2022 See All Example Sentences for line drawing
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Noun
  • Light wash indigo and dark indigo with heavy whiskering and distressing remain the dominate palette, but non-indigo colors like charcoal, olive, ecru and sand are gaining importance.
    Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 29 June 2026
  • In the Mandara Spa & Salon on new vessels like Norwegian Luna and Norwegian Aqua, those include an infrared sauna that uses lamps to warm the body, a Floatation Salt Pool, and a charcoal sauna that reaches between 86 and 122 degrees – a facility the line bills as the first of its kind at sea.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • In the summers since, aura nails have softened, turning into watercolor-like gradients that float across understated nude bases.
    Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 23 June 2026
  • This maxi shirt dress in a watercolor gingham is an eye-catching twist on a classic Americana staple.
    Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2026
Noun
  • Isla Fisher shines in pastel pink at the Serpentine Summer Party on June 23 in London.
    Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
  • While the pastel was trending earlier this year, it’s officially been overtaken by its more summery sister.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • An 1825 engraving of Stirling Castle in Stirling, Scotland.
    Adela Suliman, NBC news, 24 June 2026
  • This engraving is among the first of his soon-to-be famous sketches of metropolitan mores.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • In Dish Jockey, an etching from 1993, a harried woman in a bandanna (shades of Rosie the Riveter) scrubs dishes while an ensemble of Tinkerbell-like housekeepers complete other chores nearby.
    Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • Some examples from Myers include the subtle etching in marble, the soft wear of limestone, the lived-in texture of linen, or the subtle fading and marks that form in hardwood floors.
    Lacey Ramburger, The Spruce, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Organizations that successfully fought for voting rights, educational opportunity, and political representation did not always cultivate the next generation of leadership with the same effectiveness.
    Basil Smikle, New York Daily News, 25 June 2026
  • The broadcast journalist, whose firing in early June from the newsmagazine made national headlines, has signed with CAA for representation, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • Cops released an image of him aboard the bus wearing a white hoodie and are asking the public’s help tracking him down.
    Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026
  • Some satellite images even show evidence of fire damage, consistent with reports of firefighters supporting the emergency response.
    Osmary Hernández, CNN Money, 27 June 2026
Noun
  • Board member Mark Parker’s move to become executive chairman at Nike seemed to offer a blueprint.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 23 June 2026
  • Unintentionally, many businesses make this blueprint easy to follow.
    Harry Kazakian, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

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“Line drawing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/line%20drawing. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.

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