vignette
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8.2
- noun
- /vɪnˈjɛt/
- Literature
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viñeta
- Each chapter of the book starts with a brief vignette that sets the mood for the narrative.
- short vignettes
- a narrative vignette
- vignettes depict
This is a bunch of short stories, vignettes, sort of deal.
- This is a bunch of short stories, vignettes, sort of deal.
- Here's another little vignette of the world that he's inventing here.
- We get another one in soul music, a little vignette of a different afterlife.
- By highlighting the ink he was using, the author Sushi made this piece a vignette of the very moment of his composition.
- So it's like you have all of these little vignettes of moments that are so fun and wild and amongst all of this, like, just tough shit.
- One of my favorite vignettes was Megan at A at an event at a formal gala, insisting that Kate share her lip gloss with her.
- And but McDougal tells the vignettes and a tiny story of a single person in the history of running and like how it's baked into your DNA.
- And with every vignette and every song, it continues to hit the theme really, that the Internet and social media have had a toxic impact on all of us.
- Photography is like a glimpse of vignette, A framed moment.
- So here's the two vignettes that end it.
- I love these vignettes from the people you told these stories about.
- And yeah, I have some beautiful little vignettes like that.
- For example, let's look at our our last vignette.
Examples
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The man faces his past in a series of vignettes and finds that he's been exceedingly harsh.
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Let's begin with a few vignettes to help illustrate the issue of unintentional injuries.
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And I'll show you one vignette about what we're doing about that.
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And each vignette kind of ties together a person or a family line with a particular tree or a particular old growth forest.
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I love these vignettes from the people you told these stories about.
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And yeah, I have some beautiful little vignettes like that.
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Let's begin with some vignettes about the good news in global health.
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The book, as a result, is full of surprising stories and vignettes, some comic, some poignant.
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One of my favorite vignettes was Megan at A at an event at a formal gala, insisting that Kate share her lip gloss with her.
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The author's collection of short stories includes vivid vignettes that capture the essence of life in small towns.
Synonyms
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3.5
A short account that gives the main points about something
9
2.1
A text that a person makes to share ideas, feelings, or stories
How Long
- Literature
20
5.3
- Literature
105
2.3
- Literature
11
8.2
102
4.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
Vignette comes from the French vigne, 'vine', because printers used tiny vine designs in books; by extension a vignette became a short, focused piece of writing that paints a quick scene.