How to Use depict in a Sentence
depict
verb
- The movie depicts the life of early settlers.
- I like the way she depicts the characters in her novels.
- In the drawing, the magic cap was depicted as a soft, black hat.
- The photograph depicts the two brothers standing in front of a store.
- Several of the architect's most famous buildings will soon be depicted on postage stamps.
- Angels are usually depicted with wings.
- The wall was painted with a large mural depicting famous scenes from American history.
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The boys endure abuse at the reform school and Ross does not shy away from depicting it.
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Fred Topel,
Deadline,
2 Nov. 2024
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This cologne will perfectly depict your inner drive, tenacity, and charm.
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Dallas News,
30 Nov. 2022
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Its scenes depict the varied viscera of the human body so graphically that they could be taught in medical school.
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Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
3 Dec. 2022
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The images recovered didn’t depict county schools’ students, according to the news release.
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Billy Jean Louis,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Dec. 2022
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Most of the contributors depict their families, and often themselves.
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Mark Jenkins,
Washington Post,
15 Dec. 2022
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There are some mature themes Centered around teens in high school, the show does depict several characters having crushes and kissing.
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Kelsie Gibson,
Peoplemag,
30 Nov. 2022
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But the party is deploying the full force of its propaganda and censorship apparatus to depict the transition as part of the plan all along.
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Amy Chang Chien,
BostonGlobe.com,
8 Dec. 2022
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The beginning of the episode depicts the tragic story of Oz’s two deceased brothers, a topic adult Oz has been shown to be sensitive about.
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Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
4 Nov. 2024
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But contrary to how the press depicted it, reuniting with her Puerto Rican parents wasn’t exactly easy.
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Marta Balaga,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2024
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Sheffield had also found witnesses willing to depict Burton as a prolific gambler who was deep in debt and who had never emotionally recovered from the death of his wife.
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Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Nov. 2022
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Although neither movie makes a decisive statement on imperialism, both films depict the damage that can be done when a powerful country tries to control another.
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Toby Franklin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Dec. 2022
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The new one will depict bike lanes and a flat top grill with ham & eggs.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2021
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To depict this in a film made in the Russia of today takes courage.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
18 May 2022
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The movie First Man vividly depicts one of these flights.
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Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
16 Sep. 2019
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And as the film depicts, much remains unclear about the case.
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Brenton Blanchet,
Peoplemag,
19 Mar. 2023
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The doors are carved to depict salmon, coyotes and eagles.
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Janet Eastman,
OregonLive.com,
13 Mar. 2018
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Among these is a set that depicts the moon in four of its phases.
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Mark Jenkins,
Washington Post,
22 Dec. 2023
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These kinds of pieces depict — and fetishise — Africans in subservient roles.
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Lisa Ryan,
The Cut,
21 Dec. 2017
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Tech startups love to depict their success as the survival of the fittest.
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Bykylie Robison,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2022
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Perry’s art will depict three rowers in a boat that runs the length of the building.
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Marc Bona,
cleveland,
22 Apr. 2022
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They are joined by Susette Kelo, the woman whose life the movie depicts.
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Bloomberg.com,
20 Apr. 2018
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The letter is one of the first to depict Ghaisar as a person of color.
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Washington Post,
19 May 2021
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The Impressionist artist depicted masculine figures ranging from workers to members of his family and inner circle, and the concentration of these paintings came as a revelation to many guests.
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Joelle Diderich,
WWD,
5 Nov. 2024
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