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Discover LudwigThe word "silhouettes" is correct and usable in written English
It is a noun used to refer to a dark shape of a person or an object seen against a lighter background, especially in dim light. For example, "The sun was setting and the sky was lit with orange and pink hues, casting beautiful silhouettes of the nearby trees across the lake."
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silhouettes
verb
Third person singular of silhouette
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He tries to look for strong inviting subjects that catch the viewer's attention: "often these are roads, railway tracks, silhouettes, patterns or symmetry".
On a clear, sunny day, the ageing flowers and leaves glow in the winter light and reveal striking silhouettes.
Silhouettes were wonky.
The newspaper's editors cropped the image around the faces, whereas Weegee's wider shot includes the menacing silhouettes of several low-slung buildings against a darkening sky.Weegee lacked formal training, but he knew how to give people what they want: naked emotions, grisly details.
Wag the dog A medical matryoshka doll Butterfly ball ReprintsAs they report in Current Biology, they wired up several dozen dogs of both sexes and various breeds with electrodes, to record the animals' heart rates, and then showed them videos of dogs, or silhouettes of dogs, head-on, with tail wagging to left or right.
As the setting sun casts a rosy wash over the fields around Waukee, the corn stalks tinged pink, the barns cutting dark silhouettes on the horizon, it looks as though Mr Obama will reap his harvest.
Her best-known pieces use Victorian-looking silhouettes to depict brutal, racist scenes from the antebellum south.
But the dramatic silhouettes, part ocean liner, part funfair, disguise the difficulties within.
Barns lean wildly or collapse inwards, slouchy silhouettes beside neat rows of corn.A few people are trying to save these relics.
As visitors tiptoe across, their own magnified shadows merge with the sculpture's, and their silhouettes become part of the artwork.
He looked deep into the Balenciaga archives, introducing his own version of signature bow belts, cocoon coats and famously sculptured silhouettes.
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