depiction

Example Sentences

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There are many ways to portray authoritarianism, but “Two Prosecutors” is penetrating in its depiction of a society being slowly poisoned.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Det Supt Bell said while these were a "useful guide", they were just a "depiction of what that person might look like, it's only a guide".

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

I don’t know if you would take that as an accurate depiction of your audience, but I’ll throw it out there.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Perhaps the book’s greatest feat is its depiction of the historical moment when the modern overpowered the ancient—a world, now lost, of floridly costumed courtiers, fabled princes, exotic vices and perfumed palaces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

The drawing at left, from a sixteenth-century codex, is a winter- count-like depiction of a year dominated by smallpox; two men lie dying or dead, their bodies spotted with pustules.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann