Example Sentences

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What the film captures are mirror images of whatever he is sketching.

From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2023

The presumptive Democratic nominee is sketching out an increasingly detailed portrait of the kinds of people he would surround himself with if he became president.

From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2020

She is sketching the face of a cat, mimicking the image in a nearby book, yet her gaze is aimed off-screen, as it were, as if she were drawing from direct observation.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2019

The Federal Reserve is sketching out plans to prevent an abrupt contraction in its massive balance sheet next year, when some $500 billion in bonds expire and risk disrupting markets and the U.S. economic recovery.

From Reuters • May 7, 2015

Let us make a wreath for it, then, while Mr. Spenser is sketching.

From East Angels by Woolson, Constance Fenimore