PICTURE in a Sentence
Learn PICTURE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
329 example sentences for PICTURE, such as:
1. He fixed a picture to the wall.
2. A picture of flowers hung on the wall.
3. The picture certainly doesn't flatter her.
4. I am embroidering this picture for my mother.
5. The wild card in the picture is eastern Europe.
2. A picture of flowers hung on the wall.
3. The picture certainly doesn't flatter her.
4. I am embroidering this picture for my mother.
5. The wild card in the picture is eastern Europe.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of PICTURE
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picture
v. show in, or as in, a picture
n. a typical example of some state or quality
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 It occurred to me now that I had seen her, or a picture of her, somewhere before.
2 The only picture was an over-enlarged photograph, apparently a hen sitting on a blurred rock.
3 Almost the last thing I remember was standing with Daisy and watching the moving picture director and his Star.
4 But there was nothing--only the picture of Dan Cody, a token of forgotten violence staring down from the wall.
5 He seemed reluctant to put away the picture, held it for another minute, lingeringly, before my eyes.
6 And yet a russet gown, torn and soiled with the child's rude play, made a picture of her just as perfect.
7 This picture is gone, and was doubtless the temptation which urged the murderer to the deed.
8 If he had but my picture, he says he should be easy.
9 I gazed on the picture of my mother, which stood over the mantel-piece.
10 Below this picture was a miniature of William; and my tears flowed when I looked upon it.
11 Concerning the picture she could give no account.
12 I have burnt all your letters, and will return your picture the first opportunity.
13 There was no shadowy picture of his footsteps, in the garden that I dreamed of walking in all night.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 6. I ENLARGE MY CIRCLE OF ACQUAINTANCE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 6. I ENLARGE MY CIRCLE OF ACQUAINTANCE
14 Janet was a pretty blooming girl, of about nineteen or twenty, and a perfect picture of neatness.
15 On her face, I saw immediately the placid and sweet expression of the lady whose picture had looked at me downstairs.
Example Sentence: (119 in 8 pages)
1 Helping keep the picture cloudy is Gretzky, who becomes an unrestricted free agent after the season.
2 Optimists always picture themselves accomplishing their goals.
3 I am embroidering this picture for my mother.
4 The author builds up a useful composite picture of contemporary consumer culture.
5 The author paints a stark picture of life in a prison camp.
6 According to popular folklore, anyone who owns such a picture will have bad luck.
7 Life, is a colorful picture, the smile is a beautiful color.
8 Recollection picture is piecing together, reminds my you to recede.
9 He fixed a picture to the wall.
10 A picture of flowers hung on the wall.
11 Seen from this angle the woman in the picture is smiling.
12 There was a picture in the paper of a man whose leg had been blown off.
13 My visits enabled me to build up a broad picture of the culture.
14 The wild card in the picture is eastern Europe.
15 The picture certainly doesn't flatter her.