Probably the most charming movie of the year, The Truffle Hunters unfolds as a series of vignettes documenting the lives of several older men and their dogs.
11 compelling documentaries to watch for this fall|Alissa Wilkinson|October 9, 2020|Vox
The film dramatizes the runaway consequences of this profit strategy—ranging from mental health issues to ideological radicalization—with periodic vignettes of a fictional family struggling to navigate their digital landscape.
Does Social Media Poison Everything? - Facts So Romantic|Scott Koenig|October 6, 2020|Nautilus
For example, it declines to acknowledge that fake news is disproportionately shared by people who are older and more conservative, and the dramatized vignettes about polarization feature a vague movement called the “extreme center.”
Does Social Media Poison Everything? - Facts So Romantic|Scott Koenig|October 6, 2020|Nautilus
Eve Harrington’s origins story is a humble tale of hardscrabble survival, anchored by vignettes of farm life in Wisconsin, a grueling stint as a secretary in a brewery, and an ill-starred marriage to a now-perished war-hero.
‘All About Eve’ at 70|Tom Joudrey|September 25, 2020|Washington Blade
In reality, most home offices are less picture-perfect, despite what design catalogs or enviable vignettes on Instagram suggest.
A peek inside home offices around the world|Anne Quito|September 20, 2020|Quartz
The costumes and settings are worthy of a full-length feature, and the creepy possessiveness of the song adds to the vignette.
Arctic Monkeys, Foxes & More Best Music Videos of the Week (VIDEO)|Victoria Kezra|August 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Rereading that review I linked to above, I opened it with a vignette that is still clear as a bell in my mind's eye.
Jack Germond and the Old Days|Michael Tomasky|August 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In the second act, a trio of ballet dancers from the New York City Ballet will appear in a vignette dedicated to cotton candy.
Inside Will Cotton's Candy World|Isabel Wilkinson|November 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST
This view we have endeavoured to lay before our readers in the vignette at the head of the chapter.
The Life of the Moselle|Octavius Rooke
But in this vignette, copied from Turner, you have the two principles brought out perfectly.
Lectures on Landscape|John Ruskin
The name of Soutar has twice escaped my pen, and I feel I owe him a vignette.
Records of a Family of Engineers|Robert Louis Stevenson
We should not forget the vignette lithographs to the little songs, which are beautifully executed by Hullmandel.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction|Various
For sitting positions, vignettes, etc., the Novel chair is the best out for low bust and vignette pictures.
Photography in the Studio and in the Field|Edward M. Estabrooke
British Dictionary definitions for vignette
vignette
/ (vɪˈnjɛt) /
noun
a small illustration placed at the beginning or end of a book or chapter
a short graceful literary essay or sketch
a photograph, drawing, etc, with edges that are shaded off
architecta carved ornamentation that has a design based upon tendrils, leaves, etc
any small endearing scene, view, picture, etc
verb(tr)
to finish (a photograph, picture, etc) with a fading border in the form of a vignette
to decorate with vignettes
to portray in or as in a vignette
Derived forms of vignette
vignettist, noun
Word Origin for vignette
C18: from French, literally: little vine, from vignevine; with reference to the vine motif frequently used in embellishments to a text