Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

picture

[pik-cher] / ˈpɪk tʃər /








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.

See Examples For:

On Monday night, the former Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, Darren Jones, posted a picture on X of him having a beer, external, captioned "thank you and good night. See you September".

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Its listing certainly paints an impressive picture about the home’s many offerings, making quite the to-do about its “breathtaking views,” “lush tropical landscaping,” and “opulent” decor.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

“Cool Machine” is set in the 1980s, and Carney is still in the picture.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

A few tenths of a percentage point won’t alter the big picture.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

I snap a picture and send it to Celia, who replies with a series of heart-eye and fire emojis.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

“I admired their simplicity and generosity and thought of the pictures I made as agreements,” he writes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Their pictures carry all those memories of him.

From Slate Jul. 19, 2026

The pictures of a clearly uncomfortable Messi helping Sheila bathe her son in a blue plastic tub were published, then forgotten, until Yamal helped Spain win the 2024 European Championship.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Jasmine Karipayeva, 27 from Kazakhstan, decided to have blepharoplasty -- surgery to remove skin from the eyelids -- after "coming across a video on TikTok", lured by low prices and pictures of professional-looking surgery.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

“Let’s go to the pictures sometime? Next week! I’ll scoop you up after school.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

In 1995, when he was asked to lecture about childhood as depicted in 18th-century British art, what surprised him was all the dogs pictured among the children.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

He was pictured being completely still for the duration of matches, with one arm raised while smartly dressed in his country's colours.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Earlier in the week, he was joined by the Queen on a visit to London Zoo, where he was pictured during sweltering temperatures as much of the UK experiences a heatwave.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Their work expanded on Niels Bohr's early atomic model, which pictured electrons orbiting the nucleus much like planets orbit the sun.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

“This isn’t—” I start to say, and Theo looks at me quizzically because he thinks I mean we have the wrong address, but really I mean that this isn’t how I pictured it.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

With his gray-and-white mane sleekly accentuating his black and lavender ensemble, he struts with an eminence that had me picturing Eartha Kitt in a Bob Fosse spectacular.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

But picturing your future self—and mentally “traveling back” to who you are now—has been shown to increase savings behavior, according to a 2024 study published in the Journal of Consumer Research.

From MarketWatch Apr. 25, 2026

She toured some schools that happened to be cold or rainy, which kept her from fully picturing herself having a good experience there.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 19, 2026

“I knew that we were going to film in that house when I read the script so I was picturing all the rooms while I was reading,” says Larsen.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 15, 2025

I keep picturing his face as we drive home.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman




Vocabulary lists containing picture


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training