Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

In recent months, city officials have been sketching out a plan to begin shuttering the sites.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2021

According to dates assigned to drawings by him near the beginning of the show, he could have been sketching figures in frescoes by Giotto and Masaccio in local churches as early as 16.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2017

Greek and Serbian sources have been sketching out the putative route into Europe of another man considered a suspect in the attacks.

From The Guardian • Nov. 15, 2015

GMT06:37 Passport found near bomber travelled through Serbia, Croatia and Austria Mark Rice-Oxley Greek and Serbian sources have been sketching out the putative route into Europe of another man considered a suspect in the attacks.

From The Guardian • Nov. 15, 2015

It is true I have been sketching in Narbonne, and along the whole coast.

From In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)