How to Use vignette in a Sentence

vignette

noun
  • The film is a series of vignettes about living with cancer.
  • The play's program features a little vignette about each member of the cast.
  • Most fail to work even as vignettes.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
  • And that's the end of the vignette.
    — John Ruwitch, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
  • But to some, the vignette was a reminder of what's left to achieve.
    — Fortune, 29 Apr. 2021
  • The vignette was met with silence.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • The book is a mess of vignettes, a carousel of slides that’s been overturned.
    — Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
  • The response to our call for vignettes about home was robust.
    — Various Staff Writers, Special Correspondents, and Special Contributors, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2023
  • This is equally true in the books, with each chapter being a sort of vignette.
    — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 6 June 2021
  • Take a cue from this quaint living room and hang a garland across for a festive vignette.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The world is not a gallery, with the most striking vignettes hung neatly at eye level.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Though much of the album presents wispy vignettes, the best tracks have clear direction.
    — Vanessa Ague, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026
  • Thankfully, that scary vignette isn’t the only strong part of this episode.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Check out the entire vignette below.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Old hardcover books with red covers or gold edges add a festive touch to any vignette.
    — Ashley Poskin, Martha Stewart, 1 Feb. 2026
  • There’s something vital and deeply human in this vignette.
    — Olivia Horn, Pitchfork, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Keep like items together or create a vignette to tell a story.
    — Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 20 Jan. 2022
  • This is expressed early in the film in a brief vignette that shows him with his kids, at home, on one of his rare days off.
    — Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Every song is a daisy chain of vignettes that bleed into each other while keeping the same rhyme scheme.
    — Dylan Green, Pitchfork, 28 Jan. 2026
  • In one vignette, the woman dreams of being a cat, then, as a cat, dreams of being a woman.
    — Zoë Hu, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2022
  • This was the same stuff people could get on podcasts and YouTube vignettes.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 May 2026
  • What was once a charming locker-room vignette now reads as something far more profound.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 24 Feb. 2026
  • But then there’s an interruption or a blackout and the vignette ends.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 31 Dec. 2023
  • In these short vignettes and bursts typed largely on the computer, the arcs availed themselves.
    — Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
  • Portraits, still lifes and suburban vignettes abound in this quiet show.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
  • Set up a holiday vignette in your living room using this set of four bottle-brush trees.
    — Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Add a bench to your porch for a comfy outdoor seating area that doubles as a festive fall vignette.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The book's content, which is written in vignettes, was pulled from the logbook Egenes kept at the time.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The vintage print, bust, and seashell complete this wistful mantel vignette.
    — Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 14 Dec. 2022
  • To tell their stories, Hastings combines vignettes and quotes.
    — Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025

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