Example sentences for: portrait

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

  • Sheehy's faith in change and redemption reflects an Oprah-esque optimism about human malleability, whereas F. Scott Fitzgerald's portrait of an egotist whose selfishness wrecks her life and the lives of everyone around her reeks of dourness.

  • You can see his pervasive influence on Milanese artists in the decorative paintings of Bernardino Luini and a fine Portrait of a Young Woman by Ambrogio de Predis.

  • The portrait may well be accurate--Naipaul is not a writer with a reputation for warmheartedness--but all that can be concluded from the exercise is that, at best, one monster deserved the other.

  • Many comely youths, on the other hand, look much like Shelley's portrait, with flowing locks and tender throats exposed above their soft suede suits.

  • The cover story presents a kinder, gentler portrait of Bill Gates.


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