portrait
Example Sentences
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In John Knowles’s portrait of the boys’ Arcadian lives, World War II seems very far away.
Roth paints a dreary portrait of how that scenario could have played out, but the horrors are resolved by something of a deus ex machina rather than by any one character’s bold, heroic actions.
From Los Angeles Times
Photos showed her praying while holding incense sticks and comforting bereaved people near displayed names and portraits of at least two soldiers.
From Barron's
Another journalist I was speaking to thought the entire thing was a metaphor and portrait of grief and depression.
Cynthia Erivo’s portrait session took place in a studio near Beverly Hills, where she had recently finished recording her latest album.
From Los Angeles Times
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