portrait
Example Sentences
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“Put your hair in the front like this in the portrait. Undo the braids and leave it loose. A woman’s hair is her greatest adornment, a way to present femininity without being immodest.”
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Above the fireplace is a family portrait: Joseph, his younger brother, and a pretty blond woman who must be his mother.
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The book contains a frightening portrait of hyponatremia, which is a low level of sodium in the blood that can be triggered by ingesting too much water—a particular danger during endurance events.
Three years later, he released "Black Panther," putting a rich portrait of the fictional high-tech African country Wakanda on screen -- and elevating Black representation in Hollywood.
From Barron's
Fashionable portraits and moonlit landscapes back home, then success with candlelit interiors and portraits of Wright’s friends in the Lunar Society of Enlightenment scientists.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.