chalk outline

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An outline drawn with chalk, famously used at crime scenes.

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Examples (10)

  • The detective stared at the chalk outline on the pavement where the body had been.
  • Rain began to fall, slowly washing away the stark white chalk outline.
  • In the movie, the first thing you see at the crime scene is a grim chalk outline.
  • For their art project, the children drew a colorful chalk outline of a dragon on the sidewalk.
  • His career was now just a chalk outline of its former glory, a mere shadow of what it once was.
  • The forensic team carefully documented everything within the chalk outline.
  • The instructor used a chalk outline to demonstrate the proper positioning for the exercise.
  • On the stage, a simple chalk outline indicated where the fallen actor should lie.
  • A crowd gathered behind the police tape, trying to get a glimpse of the chalk outline.
  • The old photograph showed a faint chalk outline from a case he worked on decades ago.