Example sentences for: depict

How can you use “depict” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Some of the most spectacular examples of the genre, which got its name in 17 th -century Holland, depict great mounds of fruit and fabric that fool the eye ( trompe l'oeil ) so completely that we can practically smell them and feel them.

  • The creepy part is, Upham is a sensitive, artistic type who announces early in the movie that he wants to depict the bonds that form among soldiers in combat--all of which also applies to the auteur of Saving Private Ryan , Steven Spielberg.

  • If, as seems likely, he bolts and mounts a third-party campaign, the GOP would do well to depict him as a hater from the fringe and not merely a conservative who refused to compromise.

  • If you take a closer look, though, you notice that instead of Klimt's erotic glamour, which hints at dangerous passions unleashed by the unconscious, Close's doodles depict doughnuts, hot dogs, and lozenges.

  • The plaster ceilings here date from 1678 and depict angels carrying the symbols of royal power: crown, scepter, sword, and wreath of laurel leaves.


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