draw a picture
Example Sentences
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“I just wanted to draw a picture of what I felt resembled her — something that was elegant, but very timeless and simplistic at the same time.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025
If I was a cartoonist, I'd draw a picture of him with the raised right clenched fist and his left hand holding a donation can.
From Salon • Jul. 17, 2024
Most people don’t say exactly what made them invest, but the dialogue in his social media threads draw a picture of the activity.
From Washington Post • Jul. 24, 2022
But numbers can also fill in the minutiae of people's lives and draw a picture of what they do when they're just living it - like what they think of love.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2021
Mama and Grandma would draw a picture, then sit in the middle of the floor and cut a pattern out of newspaper, and make a dress come to life in the fabric.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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