silhouetted

past tense of silhouette

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of silhouetted However, some voices in the golf world have raised doubts about whether McIlroy is indeed the player silhouetted in the image. Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025 SpaceX highlighted the achievement in the post on X, sharing a dramatic image of the booster standing tall on the pad, silhouetted against the night sky after its demanding journey. Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for silhouetted
Verb
  • For a year and a half, the detectives first approached a large volume of low-match DNA results which could be traced back to existing American family trees.
    Claire Lempert, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The fact that the FBI recovered the firearm will accelerate the investigation, Chittum said, since it can be traced and tested for fingerprints and DNA evidence.
    Will Carless, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But the product was so unfinished at the close of Week 3 that the endgame could not be sketched.
    Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The relationships of House of McQueen’s hero to his mother (Emily Skinner) and his early disciple, patron, and confidante, the great fashion-world fairy godmother Isabella Blow (Catherine LeFrere), are sketched with similar thinness.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As a result of the one-off costs, the company said its now expect full-year operating profit growth of 4% to 10% at constant exchange rates, down from the 10% to 16% outlined in its second-quarter results in August.
    Karen Gilchrist,Katrina Bishop, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The recommendations follow a May report that outlined what the administration identified as drivers of chronic disease.
    Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Charisma and control once defined professional strength.
    Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Athletes are often defined by their times, medals, and records, but stripping back their impact to numbers can be reductive, particularly in Fraser-Pryce’s case.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Silhouetted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silhouetted. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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