depict

Example Sentences

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“Split-screen” canvases depict civic landmarks — City Hall, the courthouse, a high school and the local library — in two temporal states.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Lifelike meme videos have also been used to depict fictional Iranian military victories and even the strategic Strait of Hormuz reimagined as a cartoonish toll booth.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

“I think that people are choosing not to depict it,” Goldhaber says of the relationship between modern movies and modern life.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Yet this strangely compelling work has simultaneously beguiled and baffled art historians for generations, starting with the odd moment that Pontormo chose to depict in his innovative way, isolated from the rest of the narrative.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

“Although they depict a variety of landscapes, each of these paintings uses the same point of view.”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood