sketch
noun
a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.
sketching
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present participleof sketch.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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But research emerging from around the world has been sketching a different picture.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Reports have painted a picture of a decidedly low-key existence for the actor on the island, with Carrey spending his time reading, writing, walking, painting, and sketching.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
In the 1930s and ’40s, three friends—all artists, one almost a generation older than the others—spent their summers here, sketching and painting the picturesque environs of America’s oldest continuously operating seaport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
In her song Wi$h Li$t, from her last album, Swift fantasised about settling down with Kelce, sketching out an idyllic future in which they have "a couple kids" and "a driveway with a basketball hoop".
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Soon afterward he began jotting notes and sketching features for a building he planned to erect on the lot.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
