Instead, each pair of faded brown pages is a vignette with its own cryptic tale.
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Peeking through the vignette oval was a girl's shoe and dainty white ankle sock.
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Quite a few economic transactions included in our G.D.P. parallel this vignette.
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Nicholson Baker crafts his stylish fiction one small scene or vignette at a time.
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Michele Kralik puts finishing touches on a vignette of the Gettysburg diorama.
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Each vignette prods a reluctant Henry into deeper reflection and appreciation.
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The vignette unfolds with surprise and suspense, to a backdrop of wonderful music.
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It was a vignette that captured the current pitch of Britain's foreign policy.
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His slow evocation of a vanished England is evident in the smallest vignette.
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Sketch: a brief literary description
A photograph whose edges shade off gradually
A small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books)
Sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comic actors, either on stage or through an audio and/or visual medium such as broadcasting. ...
Vignettes, in graphic design, are decorative designs usually in books, used both to separate sections or chapters and to decorate borders.
In theatrical script writing, sketch stories, and poetry, a vignette is a short impressionistic scene that focuses on one moment or gives a trenchant impression about a character, an idea, or a setting. ...
In philately, the vignette is the central part of a postage stamp design, such as, a monarch's head or a pictorial design, which often shades off gradually to the edges of the stamp.
Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable amount of slang, in-references, and jargon. Much of it stems from the industry's origins in the days of carnivals and circuses, and the slang itself is often referred to as "carny talk. ...
A vignette is used in psychology experiments to collect information by presenting hypothetical situations and asking research participants a set of questions to reveal their perceptions and values.