Contours
[kɔn,tʊəz]
Examples
- His bones were strong and round, his limbs were rounded, all his contours were beautifully and fully moulded. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Had his brain unfolded under sharper contours they would have said, A thoughtful man. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Listen, _guapa_, said Pilar and ran her finger now absently but tracingly over the contours of her cheeks. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They began to make camps with walls of earth and palisades, many of which are still to be traced in the history-worn contours of the European scenery. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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