The poet was able to limn the scene perfectly to the mind's eye. From LearnThat.org.
William Safire, back in 2002, called limn a "vogue word" and gave it a life span of. From Wordnik.com. [Boston Globe -- Ideas section] Reference
7, The Baltimore Sun used the word limn in a front-page headline ("Opposing votes limn difference in race"). From Wordnik.com. [Boston Globe -- Ideas section] Reference
There didn't used to be such a thing as a "limn", but there is now. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: THE PERILS OF A FANCY VOCABULARY.] Reference
Why do writers even use "limn" the verb if all it means is "depict"?. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: THE PERILS OF A FANCY VOCABULARY.] Reference
Like Jeff I didn't have the slightest suspicion that the word 'limn' in this sense didn't exist. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: THE PERILS OF A FANCY VOCABULARY.] Reference
I agree, assuming the author actually did type "limn," in which case all sorts of possibilities come into play. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: THE PERILS OF A FANCY VOCABULARY.] Reference
Strictly defined, "limn" is a verb that means "to draw or paint on a surface" or "to outline in clear sharp detail.". From Wordnik.com. [Baltimore Sun's Use Of English Language Confuses Readership] Reference
Could Crowley have assumed that the verb 'limn' derived from the word for 'margin,' and nouned the verb accordingly?. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: THE PERILS OF A FANCY VOCABULARY.] Reference
And now, when you put that into Google, all the top results refer to the confusion that the word "limn" caused the city of Baltimore. From Wordnik.com. [Baltimore Sun's Use Of English Language Confuses Readership] Reference
The limn was the fine line he drew. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: THE PERILS OF A FANCY VOCABULARY.] Reference
Presumably, because they like the sound of "limn.". From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: THE PERILS OF A FANCY VOCABULARY.] Reference
I love how his songs limn the landscapes of my youth. From Wordnik.com. [Men and Lesbians] Reference
There are many success stories, too numerous to limn. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Doctoroff: The State of China's Brand Landscape in 2009: FAQs] Reference
One came up with “limn” and described its meaning. From Wordnik.com. [Evgenia Peretz: Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up in Manhattan: Evgenia Peretz] Reference
How amusing it would be to limn his old friend as a Dorian Gray. From Wordnik.com. [A Suitable Vengeance]
The headline in question was "Opposing votes limn difference in race.". From Wordnik.com. [Baltimore Sun's Use Of English Language Confuses Readership] Reference
He watched tears limn the child's eyes, and his mouth thinned into a cynical smile. From Wordnik.com. [Fox Evil]
Prov. to limn the water, limn (something) on water: said of something transient or futile. From Wordnik.com. [Versailles in the Pacific] Reference
In a widely read 2002 New York magazine piece, Matt Gross noted her overreliance on "limn.". From Wordnik.com. [Lugubrious and Repetitive] Reference
It is further difficult for the amateur to limn the demarcation between reality and fiction. From Wordnik.com. [Time On One’s Hands : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits] Reference
So we back off and try to limn the mystery in numbers or words or images so we can work with it. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-03-01] Reference
The lines and colors that we use to limn that painting are determined by how we choose to live our lives. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference
And each of these heart bracelets Compositions are styled to limn new pictures of Christmas time of year. From Wordnik.com. [Figure Kirk | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
To describe the beauty of Cliges I will limn you a portrait, the traits of which shall be very briefly told. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
The light was a glistening pearl, just lustrous enough to etch and limn but not yet bright enough to produce color. From Wordnik.com. [The Kaisho]
To limn the storyline, as a teen, Frank not only passes bad checks, he passes himself off as a doctor, lawyer, whatever. From Wordnik.com. [Regina Weinreich: Con Me If You Can: The Broadway Musical] Reference
But this is something something something other. some some. thing else beyond the paradigm far far beyond the limn of para. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: THE PERILS OF A FANCY VOCABULARY.] Reference
Initially, the education officials adopted "finger spelling," using simple signs to limn the alphabets of spoken languages. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: NICARAGUAN SIGN LANGUAGE.] Reference
What that would mean, apart from people saying ‘With my temple, I thee worship’ at wedding ceremonies, Brown cannot limn. From Wordnik.com. [Is ‘The Lost Symbol’ Is ‘Offensive’ to Christianity? « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference
Like Claverhouse, "with a face that painters loved to limn and ladies look upon," he was the most daring and accomplished rider in. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
A quick look at the first few results of a google search of kakutani and limn shows limn used in this context at least once as a noun. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: THE PERILS OF A FANCY VOCABULARY.] Reference
There probably isn't much of a community familiar with the Latin and its abstruse English derivatives yet estranged from the limn you cite. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: THE PERILS OF A FANCY VOCABULARY.] Reference
Yesterday begun my wife to learn to, limn of one Browne. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete] Reference
Sleep shuns we few who seek to limn A bullseye overnight. From Wordnik.com. Reference
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