illustrate

Example Sentences

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How did you arrive at the Gerry character, Bill, and using him as a figure to illustrate the progression of Paul’s symptoms.

From Los Angeles Times

“The buck stops here,” a phrase used by President Harry Truman to illustrate his willingness to take responsibility, could also have been used as the official U.S. government position on the dollar itself.

From Barron's

Let me illustrate the power of time and investment compounding with data compiled by Aswath Damodran, a finance professor at New York University.

From MarketWatch

Regencell’s wild ride illustrates how disconnected from reality some of the market’s fringes have become.

From The Wall Street Journal

Another example is a fake image created to illustrate the invented story of a Czech violinist called "Hank" at Auschwitz, which was called out as false by the camp museum.

From Barron's