portrait

Example Sentences

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The screenwriter explains that, for him, the story is "a remarkably tender portrait" of young boys.

From BBC

The photographs on a side table rearranged to make room for Leo’s sixth-grade school portrait.

From Literature

Infrared images have revealed that an artist who painted Anne Boleyn deviated from an approved design for portraits of the Tudor queen.

From BBC

An intimate portrait of matters of the heart, it reached number one in the UK album charts and earned her three concurrent Top 10 singles.

From BBC

Character actor Noah Segan’s directorial debut, the movie is a warmly elegiac portrait of the city and the pain of recognizing when your time has passed.

From Los Angeles Times