portrait
noun
a likeness of a person, especially of the face, as a painting, drawing, or photograph.
portraits
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pluralof portrait.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Since displaying one of her first portraits at the Royal Academy Summer Show in 2021, she has sold paintings for thousands of pounds and raised more than £45,000 for charitable causes.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
"These are our heroes; the greatest children of Israel," said one police officer as he looked at portraits of his fallen colleagues.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
But what is known is that they didn’t stay for long after the portraits were completed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
His first real break came when his peer and podcast co-host Johnson matched the painting’s partial signature to one scrawled on a pair of 1781 portraits in the Netherlands’ Museum de Waag.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
As long as Catherine never showed anyone in Ville Rose the portraits, she would be content.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
