Word Finder - vignettes

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A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.

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A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position.

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(by extension) Any small borderless picture in a book, especially an engraving, photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.

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(by extension) A short story or anecdote that presents a scene or tableau, or paints a picture.

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• account
• anecdote
• depiction
• portrayal
• representation

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The central pictorial image on a postage stamp.

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The characteristic of a camera lens, either by deficiency in design or by mismatch of the lens with the film format, to produce an image smaller than the film's frame with a crudely focused border. Photographers may deliberately choose this characteristic for a special effect.

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A small sticker affixed to a vehicle windscreen to indicate that tolls have been paid.

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To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge gradually fading away.

Under these circumstances, the vignettes provided them with the opportunity to examine families of diverse backgrounds.

The narrative structure is essentially digressive, building the characters through vignettes that weave together fragments, marginal notes, and asides.

Beyond British and sensationally sociological, Blur and singer/songwriter Damon Albarn weave tales of stifling middle class ennui into clever pop vignettes.

It's a delicately crafted script full of witty vignettes although it does feel oddly lopsided because the supporting characters are more roundly portrayed.

The fashion for architectural vignettes, often employing perspective trickery reached its zenith, however, in the 1st century BC.

The signature is flanked by two engraved vignettes each apparently showing an instrument maker at work, surrounded by tools and products.

The resources contain vignettes of film (about the Red Pepper Gang) written for 8 - 11's.

The psalmist uses different vignettes to picture this gathering of the people of God.

All the film's characters are ordinary people playing themselves; creating dramatic vignettes based on looking at the problems they're facing.

Self assessment material based on clinical vignettes is provided.

Of course I have little vignettes of special memory.

Moreover, there's more drama in these brief vignettes than in your average episode of Bad Girls.

Creating vignettes of real American life, he does n't forget a single detail.

At each meeting the panel will discuss eight vignettes written on a range of topics relating to disease prevention.

All the film 's characters are ordinary people playing themselves; creating dramatic vignettes based on looking at the problems they 're facing.

Moreover, there 's more drama in these brief vignettes than in your average episode of Bad Girls.

Case vignettes will be used to illustrate the issues of working with minority families.

Ripley's Believe It or Not! is one title that appeals to kids' natural fascination with the grotesque, outlandish, and unbelievable, although it's little more than a collection of vignettes on various human achievements.

Think of these spaces as vignettes created specifically for certain activities.

Sepia tones, soft focus, vignettes, and more can be tweaked to make the photos more unique.

We are given visions and vignettes as satiating and stirring as the act itself.

The Flash Forward television show is centered in Los Angeles where viewers are introduced to the main characters through slice-of-life vignettes of day-to-day life.

The slice of life vignettes intercut with the fallout, and moral, ethical and psychological dilemmas spiraled out from the events in the first few moments of the show.