as in to describe
to give a representation or account of in words
he limned the scene in the courtroom so perfectly I could practically see it
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Recent Examples of limn
The adjacent desperations of the Emory family are meant to limn the material and psychological effects of living under the threat of anti-Blackness in America.
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Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2021
Nonetheless, Democrats want to be perceived as favoring virtually universal suffrage, and to limn their conservative and Republican opposition as favoring vote suppression.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 3 Nov. 2020
Her poems, which have appeared in The New Yorker for over thirty years, limn the legacies of history, in her home country and beyond, and reckon especially with the repression of women’s accomplishments, realities, and inner lives.
—Hannah Aizenman, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2020
Also stuffed not inelegantly between the microcosmic doings are several larger incidents that limn the bloody and brutal history of the two centuries, including South American totalitarianism, European pogroms and the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina.
—Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2020
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Cutler then described their telephone conversation on the matter.—
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In it, Tucci described undergoing an intensive 35-day radiation treatment and seven sessions of chemotherapy.—
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The prosecution showed Cassie a still from a video that depicted Combs beating her at a hotel.—
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But the top 10 destinations for summer travel globally (depicted in the photo above), do not include one single U.S. location.—
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Why is she being portrayed as silly and incompetent?—
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Pattinson portrays Lawrence's husband in the movie, while LaKeith Stanfield portrays her lover.—
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“Limn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limn. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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