photographed; photographing; photographs
: to take a photograph of
1
: to take a photograph
2
: to appear as an image in a photograph
an actress who photographs well
Synonyms
Examples of photograph in a Sentence
Noun
I always take a lot of photographs when I travel.
the old photograph was faded but still clear enough to make out
Verb
He photographed the women sitting on the bench.
She was photographed in the studio.
Recent Examples on the Web
Ana Karina Zatarain, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2024
The photographs are interspersed with new short texts written by Lanthimos, that evoke the fragmented lyricism of Sappho.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2024
Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2024
Patrick is friends and teammates with Swift’s boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and Swift and Brittany Mahomes were photographed hugging each other at the U.S. Open tennis tournament earlier this month in New York.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Sep. 2024
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Noun
With varying degrees of fantasy, the photographs convey a singular message: their subjects, who may once have felt broken, appear reassembled, beautiful and ineradicable, their gazes fixed firmly forward.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2024
The photographs are interspersed with new short texts written by Lanthimos, that evoke the fragmented lyricism of Sappho.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2024
Verb
On September 14, the exes were photographed in public for the first time since the 55-year-old singer filed for divorce from the 52-year-old actor in late August.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2024
Patrick is friends and teammates with Swift’s boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and Swift and Brittany Mahomes were photographed hugging each other at the U.S. Open tennis tournament earlier this month in New York.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Sep. 2024
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“Photograph.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/photograph. Accessed 25 Sep. 2024.
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photograph
1 of 2 noun
pho·to·graph
ˈfōt-ə-ˌgraf 
: a picture obtained by photography
photograph
2 of 2 verb1
: to take a photograph of
2
: to take photographs
3
: to be photographed
photographer
noun
fə-ˈtäg-rə-fər
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