vignettes 1 of 2

plural of vignette

vignettes

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of vignette

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of vignettes
Noun
The fall 2026 collection is supported with a new campaign that reflects this and unfolds through a series of intimate, voyeuristic vignettes that bring the archetypes to life. Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 23 July 2026 In a series of group and individual photos, videos and vignettes, Minji, Hanni, Haerin and Hyein return to viewers with visuals that include references to their history together. Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 Not long after, the couple bought the property next door and converted the space between and behind the two buildings into garden vignettes for entertaining, relaxing and production. Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026 While these moving vignettes carry the weight of history, Barrois has shrunk them down to miniature size. Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 14 July 2026 The vignettes range from aliens crashing a slumber party to a man suffering a rogue ocular transplant, but the finest segments come courtesy of original Blair Witch Project director Eduardo Sánchez and The Raid (2011) filmmaker Gareth Evans. Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026 The workshop’s facilitators posed a series of hypothetical adversarial actions, or vignettes, to the participants. Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 29 June 2026 Though much of the album presents wispy vignettes, the best tracks have clear direction. Vanessa Ague, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026 Sketches, photographs lost in a fire Norman Rockwell was known for using meticulous detail to draw out a range of human emotions in his vignettes of everyday life. Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vignettes
Noun
  • The color portrait is by the artist Dawoud Bey, known for his portraits of Black life.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • Nishimura’s compositions offer truthful portraits of artifice.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • Supporting those capabilities is a new AI-Native Smart Factory Technology White Paper, which outlines an architecture that continuously analyzes production data and adjusts factory operations in real time.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
  • Looking at The Athletic’s player dashboard — which outlines a player’s role and key strengths — his profile is perfectly suited as the tempo controller.
    Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Noun
  • In an age when AI is rewriting job descriptions faster than universities can update curricula, purpose is the one career asset that cannot be automated.
    Laurel Donnellan, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • In recent years, the typical Shears song has cloaked descriptions of paranormal encounters in hardcore distortion and cartoon sound effects, fleshing out the twins’ strange world while hinting at weirder mysteries beneath the surface.
    Jude Noel, Pitchfork, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • The film’s ending scene hints that the battle against the infected may not be over.
    Rachael Jung, Variety, 26 July 2026
  • The trailer also hints that the family’s personal relationships will be tested.
    Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
Noun
  • But Smith’s energy goes toward perfecting the Damon Albarn impression in its silly hook rather than galvanizing the otherwise lackluster depictions of friendship in his lyrics.
    Victoria Borlando, Pitchfork, 24 July 2026
  • Farris' depictions – drawn in a loose, minimal style with a bright, colorful palette – offer generalities that seem relatable for those who have attended med school.
    Tahneer Oksman, NPR, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • Nestlé traces its history back 150 years and owns more than 2,000 brands across 186 countries.
    Sam Birchall, Fortune, 20 July 2026
  • The company traces its roots back more than a hundred years, to Mellors’ great-grandfather, who ran a shooting gallery and a swing boat ride in the 1890s.
    Ryan P. C. Trimble, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
Noun
  • At the same time, fascinated engineers around the world were examining the same pictures and videos as everyone else.
    Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
  • Apparently, at the airport, all the flight attendants were trying to take pictures with her.
    Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • The Downshift summarizes news items in a few sentences, with links to other sites to get the deeper story.
    Adam Ismail, The Drive, 9 July 2026
  • That trifecta, along with an overwhelming sense of gratitude emanating from the stage at Wolf Trap Filene Center June 30, summarizes The Generations Tour.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 1 July 2026

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