He pointed across the river to the stark outline of Fort Mukran.

Only the trunks and the amputated branch stumps remain, standing in stark outline against a flat landscape.

Now he could make out the stark outline of the crest of the hill, like a cutout in black cardboard.

I could see its central roof, a great five-sided wooden dome of sorts, in stark outline against the starry sky.

Centaine stared with foreboding at the stark outline of the chalk ridges upon the horizon.

The stark outline was softened by the new growth of bone around it.

The parting comments of high-ranking people drew a stark outline of how far apart the two sides were after a failed week in Washington.

A tarpaulin covered the stark outline of a man's sprawled body.

The night air seemed charged as he gazed at the stark outline of the distant mountains.

I shoved a piece of timber with a boot to reveal a stark white outline where it had lain.