Definition of "limning" [lim•ning]

• Present participle of limn. (verb)

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• "And, for all that, surprisingly charming, particularly in limning the Rolling Stones 'origins, which can be traced, mundanely enough, to a fateful encounter in a train station."
• "Huneven has a knack for limning the limits of guilt, and as her protagonist takes stock and charge of a too-lived-in life, the outlands of moral ambiguity begin to appear as sunken gardens of familiarity, blooming with humaneness."
• "EON has a large cast of characters, and Goodman does a fairly good job of limning each of them; however, I had some problems with the ways they all related to one another."