thumbnail sketch

Example Sentences

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But if that thumbnail sketch makes “Lux” sound like homework, the songs themselves are immediate and visceral, and the singer’s impassioned delivery is an invitation to listen more closely.

From The Wall Street Journal

Any thumbnail sketch of the 38-year-old is bound to start with the fact that he was for more than five years the partner of Mr Attal.

From BBC

"It is very easy to draw a very bold thumbnail sketch of Margaret and you can make her a cliché," the Oscar-nominated actress says.

From BBC

But, given the museum’s three small rooms, it’s a thumbnail sketch of a thumbnail sketch.

From Los Angeles Times

Something of a thumbnail sketch, it has no catalog.

From Los Angeles Times