delineate
verb (used with object)
to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline; represent pictorially.
are delineating
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present progressiveof delineate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I am so hackneyed to the touches of the painter's pencil, that I am now altogether at their beck, and sit, like 'patience on a monument,' whilst they are delineating the lines of my face.
From St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks by Various
I am so hackneyed to the touches of painters' pencils that I am now altogether at their beck, and sit 'like patience on a monument,' whilst they are delineating the lines of my face.
From George Washington, Volume II by Henry Cabot Lodge
I am so hackneyed to the touches of the painter's pencil that I am now altogether at their beck; and sit 'like Patience on a monument,' whilst they are delineating the lines of my face.
From The True George Washington [10th Ed.] by Paul Leicester Ford
