A flight of cormorant went past the tip of the headland, low to the water but sharply silhouetted in the last, lucid moment before true dusk.

These clashes will be a backdrop sharply silhouetting Mr. Porr when he takes office as city manager on Monday.

Slowly, like a shadow looming at the back of things, the great Mewstone grew, its jagged spine silhouetted sharply against the morning sky.

In the distance, snow-capped mountains, volcanic buttes and flat-topped mesas appear sharply silhouetted in the clear air.

His straight figure was silhouetted sharply against the glow.

She slipped out of bed and tiptoed to the window to stare wide-eyed up at the old Mansion, sharply silhouetted against the starlit sky.

At the slope's summit, tiny as bugs beyond the wickedly-barbed arrow head, were a half-dozen conical-hatted figures, sharply silhouetted against the yellow-purple dawn.

A man, silhouetted sharply against the light, stood in the opening.

The morning light sharply silhouetted the famous features; the body might have grown corrupted, but that incredible head was still as beautiful as ever.

It stood out, sharply silhouetted, when the sky hung low and touched it.