How to Use superimpose in a Sentence

superimpose

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• A triangle superimposed on an inverted triangle forms a six-pointed star.
• If the nun superimposed in a mirror doesn’t scare you, the one at the end of the hallway surely will.
  — Mary Wakeford, azcentral, 17 Oct. 2019
• At the end of the video, an image of Irvo Otieno was superimposed over the scene of a sunset.
  — Bill Atkinson, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
• At the end, the younger Kennedy’s face was superimposed over his uncle’s.
  — TIME, 12 Feb. 2024
• Trump all superimposed with the red and white stripes of the American flag.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 18 Jan. 2018
• In fact, two crosses—the beams and the gables—are superimposed but offset.
  — Shonquis Moreno, Curbed, 6 Aug. 2018
• Capron added an image of his face superimposed over a kitchen apron as a punch line.
  — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2024
• A pin shaped like a map of Iraq superimposed with Sadr’s face held her headscarf.
  — Jane Arraf, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2017
• Each of the victims’ names was superimposed on the ice during a moment of the silence.
  — Kevin Allen, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2017
• In the film, texts between Hazel Grace and Augustus are superimposed on the screen.
  — David Lindquist, Indianapolis Star, 11 Oct. 2017
• This time, they were told to keep their eyes on a green cross superimposed over different parts of the screen as the driving clips were played.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 1 July 2019
• One poster showed his face superimposed on Adolf Hitler's body.
  — Alan Suderman, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Jan. 2020
• The latter sentence was spread across three slides and superimposed on a stock photo of a man holding the world in his hands.
  — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2019
• To flow outside the beat is to superimpose a pocket, and on this track, Yachty fails to develop one.
  — Danny Schwartz, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2021
• The most re-tweeted of Trump’s tweets was a video of him wrestling someone whose head was superimposed with CNN’s logo.
  — Rick Montgomery, kansascity, 26 Dec. 2017
• The video superimposed Perkins’ face onto the body of an actor playing him.
  — Alena Botros, Fortune, 17 June 2024
• The app allows users to superimpose text over a picture in order to share the user’s thoughts and feelings.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al.com, 3 June 2019
• An enlarged version of Henry McIntyre’s 1852 map of the city has been superimposed on the floor.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• In the silence of the room, the hologram of Rose was reflected on the window, turning in slow motion away from him, superimposed on the pine trees and tall grass of the park.
  — Emily St. John Mandel, Slate Magazine, 16 Mar. 2017
• What we human beings have done is to superimpose a set of forces that are now bringing about climate change much faster than has been the case in the past.
  — Andrew Cutraro, Discover Magazine, 8 Aug. 2011
• One of them, above, showed a tiny amputee cartoon figure hiking up a hill to school with the aid of crutches, superimposed over the palm of a large hand.
  — Faiz Siddiqui, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2018
• Posters around town showed his face superimposed on a guitar.
  — Nicolas Niarchos, The New Yorker, 26 June 2019
• The video even features the two rappers superimposed on the song’s cover image.
  — Arianna Johnson, Forbes, 3 May 2023
• Its shape is echoed on the other side of the canvas, and superimposed on both, looming over the scene, is a giant dreamlike action.
  — Washington Post, 27 July 2023
• Flip from selfie view to front-facing view to superimpose AR lenses and look at the world through a pair of Bollé glasses.
  — Bernard Marr, Forbes, 21 June 2021
• Zooropa’s cover art shows the stars of the EU flag superimposed on digital noise; in 2018, the static threatens to triumph.
  — Jonathan Bradley, Billboard, 5 July 2018
• There are already plenty of apps that can turn your videos into home movies like your dad used to record in the early ’90s — complete with the wrong date superimposed in the corner.
  — Umar Shakir, The Verge, 17 Mar. 2023
• The images are superimposed on a blue and yellow replica of the People's Flag of Milwaukee.
  — Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2020
• In 1994, The Crow was released with Brandon Lee’s face digitally superimposed on his stunt double’s body.
  — Reeves Wiedeman, Vulture, 12 July 2024
• If someone wandered briefly into the shot, the resulting picture would contain their ghostly trace superimposed over substantial furniture, buildings or people who had held still for the full exposure.
  — Andrea Kaston Tange, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024