The artist sat by the window, limning the coastline with delicate strokes until the light faded.

The museum's new limning of the city's maritime history drew crowds for its vivid detail.

The museum's collection of limnings revealed delicate brushwork from the seventeenth century.

At dawn, the old mural limnes the city's forgotten stories in colors only the breeze understands.

In scientific nomenclature, the prefix limn- is used as an alternative form of limno- when forming words about freshwater habitats.

Though archaic, poets sometimes limne the landscape with delicate phrases.

The artist used charcoal to limn the contours of the old harbor at dusk.

He limned the old barn with charcoal until every weathered board was sharply defined.

The limned landscape on the gallery wall seemed to breathe with summer heat.

The novel limns the quiet desperation of small-town life with compassionate precision.