Example sentences for: limns

How can you use “limns” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In noting that "Clinton offered no defense of his actions and voiced no protest as the House moved further down the track toward an impeachment inquiry," the WP story limns a third picture: of a man resigned to a process bigger than he is.

  • The USAT front section cover story limns a low-profile but active fault line in the American workplace--that between workers with children and those without.

  • The WP limns the pampered lives of IOC officials, who jet around the world in first-class comfort, accumulating largess in the form of medical treatment, college tuition, and slick land deals.

  • Watch your favorite theorists tackle everybody's favorite subject, as Katha Pollitt limns "50 Progressive Ways To Make Him Scream," and Judith Butler finds "Hot Honeymoon Hump Tips That Catharine MacKinnon Could Love."

  • The visual limns an urban skyline, superimposing a sinister message--"Now the big banks want to take away your right to join a credit union"--over an unsourced headline: "Tell banks to back off."


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