Real-life examples: Many artists would be happy to draw a sketch of something for you if you pay them the right price. Police will often create a sketch of a suspect based on a witness’s description of them. You can find many early sketches of famous characters like Mickey Mouse and SpongeBob SquarePants on the internet.
Used in a sentence: The artist made several sketches of the model before beginning his work on the elaborate portrait.

In this same sense, sketch is used as a verb to mean to draw a sketch of something.\n

Used in a sentence: I sketched a cat in my notebook during the boring lecture.

A sketch is also a short dramatic performance, especially one that is part of a comedy show. Comedic performances that consist solely of a collection of short, humorous stories are known as sketch comedy.\n

Real-life examples: Saturday Night Live, The Kids in the Hall, Monty Python’s Flying Circus, and Sesame Street are television programs that all use sketches.
Used in a sentence: Chris Farley was in most of my favorite sketches from Saturday Night Live.

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