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
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.
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Caroline Frost, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2025
Trust Me explores the bond between an animal and a person, with photographs taken in different countries to reflect the diversity of cultures, clothing and characters of both the people and their horses.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 2 Mar. 2025
Kravitz was also photographed with Centineo a few weeks ago in New York, as the two left Danielle Haim’s birthday party, according to the Daily Mail.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 2 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Payne was remembered at the music awards ceremony with a moving photograph and video montage of him as a child with his family, through his teenage years and onto his success with One Direction after the five members were put together on the UK reality TV show The X Factor in 2011.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2025
Trust Me explores the bond between an animal and a person, with photographs taken in different countries to reflect the diversity of cultures, clothing and characters of both the people and their horses.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Verb
For the campaign, Pierre Toussaint photographed Lulu Wood, who’s been the face of Tom Ford.
—Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 2 Mar. 2025
Kravitz was also photographed with Centineo a few weeks ago in New York, as the two left Danielle Haim’s birthday party, according to the Daily Mail.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 2 Mar. 2025
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“Photograph.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/photograph. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.
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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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