Example sentences for: depiction

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

  • The depiction of Chinese life is said to be so grim that it "verges on the xenophobic" (Kenneth Turan, the Los Angeles Times ). (See the Red Corner site.)

  • Spielberg's opening, a 30-minute depiction of D-Day, features exploding limbs, shocking head wounds, and bowels that "ooze" from a ripped-apart stomach.

  • Reviews dwell on the directors' effective hand-held camera and their subtle depiction of the ordeals of immigrant life.

  • The play's depiction of this assertion of “reverse racism” questions the legitimate use of race in evaluating promotion and achievement in science.

  • Plaudits go to rookie British director Richard Kwietniowski for deploying "exactly calibrated bursts of dry wit" (Kenneth Turan, the Los Angeles Times ). But the highest praise goes to character actor John Hurt's wry depiction of the writer.


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