sketch

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.

With her original, breathy way of speaking, stressing odd syllables and stretching random vowels to the breaking point, her mad fashions and family of wigs, Moira is a sketch character with depth.

From Los Angeles Times

Even if you don’t know her music, the film still works an acidic sketch of fame — “Spinal Tap” for the era of stan culture.

From Los Angeles Times

She first broke out in “SCTV,” or “Second City Television,” a Canadian sketch comedy series for which she earned an Emmy Award for writing in 1982, along with her “Schitt’s Creek” co-star Eugene Levy.

From Los Angeles Times

O’Hara became a Canadian comedy star with the 1976 launch of Second City Television, a Canadian sketch comedy series built from Toronto’s Second City troupe.

From The Wall Street Journal

And rather than making use of preparatory sketches, Titian painted alla prima—going straight to work on the blank surface.

From The Wall Street Journal