Backgrounds [noun]

It is like a tear in a curtain revealing quite unexpected backgrounds.

Two or three architects engaged him to fill in skies and backgrounds to their plans.

Panic or no panic, Cove City refuses to remain in the backgrounds.

Then I shall be able to put in those petticoat bodices with Casino backgrounds and do somebody else out of a job.

In a later paper full directions will be given for retouching negatives, improving the high-lights, blocking out backgrounds, etc.

His wigs, drapery, and backgrounds were all painted for him.

The backgrounds are evidently of landscape in the neighbourhood.

Landscapes artistically arranged formed backgrounds for the narratives, like the scenery of a theatre.

The movie, on the other hand, has unlimited freedom of scene and the use of real backgrounds.

As the scenic art progressed, the backgrounds became more and more realistic and less and less imaginary.