portrait
Example Sentences
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That image is a family portrait, albeit one crisscrossed with cruelty and deception, including fraudulent bloodlines.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Fukada's quiet portrait of solitude and thwarted love in rural Japan with his "Nagi Notes" is one of three Japanese movies in the 22-strong main competition in Cannes, the world's biggest film festival.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
“The Boys of Dungeon Lane,” Paul McCartney’s twenty-seventh post-Beatles studio album, is the portrait of an artist in his twilight, a rich assortment of storytelling and nostalgia befitting the world’s greatest living songwriter.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
In one photo from 1972, Lezley wears a leather necklace Saar made for what looks like a school portrait.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
At the Louvre, well over one hundred thousand visitors filed past the portrait in the first forty-eight hours.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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