- present tense form of depict (3rd person singular).
depicts
Example Sentences
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One depicts the Buddha scrolling on a smart phone.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
As children, cattle and lambs happily commune with bears, lions and wolves in the foreground, the background depicts William Penn making a treaty with Tamanend, chief of the Lenape Nation, and founding Pennsylvania.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
The relief depicts an actual event: Shaw, scion of a prominent abolitionist family, is on horseback leading one of the conflict’s first black regiments off to the front.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The sculpture depicts America as an indigenous female figure - holding a bow and arrow, and wearing a headdress.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
A stained-glass ceiling looms above us and depicts a dozen different Black people.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
