adumbrate (verb)

1. The preacher adumbrated the presence of divine grace in his sermon.

2. The comic book artist adumbrated a hidden message in the background of the panel.

3. The architect adumbrated the layout of the building with a rough sketch.

4. The horror writer adumbrated the impending doom through subtle clues in the narrative.

1. To adumbrate a joke: Why was the math book sad? Because it had too many problems!

2. In the religious sermon, the priest adumbrated the main teachings of the scripture.

3. In the novel, the author adumbrates the protagonist's struggle with self-identity.

4. The science fiction writer adumbrated a future dystopian society in their latest novel.