word picture
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of word picture
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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I vividly remember Noseda using “imagined dialogue” to paint a word picture of the mood he wanted conveyed by our singing.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2021
It can kind of turn into a word picture or phrase where you’re just leading the team.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2021
It always helps when you can paint a word picture for voters, as Biden does with his new ad.
From Fox News ● Sep. 28, 2020
Sebald is describing a collective death, a falling away; the people in this word picture, like the felled trees he describes in “The Rings of Saturn,” are as if caught in a kind of swoon.
From The New Yorker ● May 29, 2017
Shall we glance at a short word picture of Jeanne, limned by a contemporary?
From Superwomen by Terhune, Albert Payson
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