How to Use paint/draw a picture of in a Sentence

paint/draw a picture of

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  • During a stint on Iron Man, Ditko refused to draw a picture of the hero drunk.
    Jay Deitcher, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2024
  • That should help scientists paint a picture of how the virus has evolved in recent years.
    Denise Roland, WSJ, 2 June 2022
  • Here are five fascinating finds that paint a picture of the Yukon’s past.
    Rachael Lallensack, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2022
  • And Lazaro says the defense can paint a picture of James Craig as a kind and attentive partner.
    Natalie Morales, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2024
  • McCartney was able to paint a picture of what success on this front looks like.
    Gabriel Kinder, CNN, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Instead, To’o To’o tried to paint a picture of his position coach the past two seasons.
    Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The stunning snaps paint a picture of the attention to detail that goes into every aspect of the tour.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 25 July 2023
  • Transcripts from the first and the last parole hearings – of which there were 17 – paint a picture of Woods’ demeanor and mindset at the beginning and the end of his prison stint.
    Fox News, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The next 12 games could paint a picture of just how well the Blazers can continue to compete without Lillard in the lineup.
    oregonlive, 12 Jan. 2022
  • The series uses archival footage and expert testimonies to paint a picture of the journey into space.
    Devika Rao, theweek, 14 May 2024
  • In fact, a decade and a half ago, Kevin Kelly, a cofounder of this magazine, asked hundreds of people to draw a picture of the internet.
    Meghan O'Gieblyn, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Their accounts paint a picture of a brutal operation that left no room for due process.
    Jon Swaine, Washington Post, 23 May 2022
  • Recent polling data paint a picture of a society in profound flux since the Hamas attack.
    Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Glimpses of Marley performing on stage to the singer relaxing with his family paint a picture of his life.
    Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 6 July 2023
  • Transcripts that the Journal shared paint a picture of a lack of trust and communication between Gard and his players.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 23 June 2021
  • Listening to a skilled announcer verbally paint a picture of what is going on at the ballpark is one of the joys of listening to a game.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Huang has made other, more recent comments that paint a picture of entrepreneurship that is far from idyllic.
    Jasmine Ball, Fortune, 14 June 2024
  • Accounts from people caught in the gunfire when a man started shooting at an Allen, Texas, mall over the weekend paint a picture of fear and devastation.
    Elise Hammond, CNN, 9 May 2023
  • And although some might worry about the microbes hiding in our cities, the results paint a picture of relative safety, Mason says.
    Cathleen O’Grady, Science | AAAS, 26 May 2021
  • In that first team meeting, which took place by phone, Dass tried to paint a picture of herself and Bieniasz as responsible parents.
    Shoshana Walter, New York Times, 29 June 2023
  • The findings paint a picture of a state in flux, with factors such as soaring home prices, dwindling birth rates and more work-from-home options contributing to a population on the move.
    Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Here are some maps from the National Weather Service to help paint a picture of the upcoming weather conditions.
    Esther Sun, Sacramento Bee, 2 July 2024
  • The records paint a picture of 64-year-old Stephen Paddock as a recluse who became increasingly interested in guns in recent years.
    Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Having worked in all three of its predecessors, Downs was the perfect person to help paint a picture of Heaven Hill's past and get grapple on what this new site could mean for its future.
    Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 6 June 2022
  • Our team, for instance, is preparing a grassroots project that will paint a picture of what everyday life in a democratic Russia might be like.
    Aleksei Miniailo, Foreign Affairs, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Together, Cole’s tales paint a picture of himself as a survivor who has traded in remorse for gratitude.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2021
  • Hals may have become famous for his lifelike portraits, but the only way to depict his own life, Steven Nadler suggests in The Portraitist, is to paint a picture of the social world in which he was embedded.
    Ruth Bernard Yeazell, The New York Review of Books, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The thousands of internal documents obtained in discovery for this paint a picture of a company that lost its way.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2022
  • The stories told along the way not only paint a picture of a decadeslong fight to restore a river’s flow and a way of life but also the distinct challenges of finding enough water to go around amid a changing climate.
    oregonlive, 17 June 2023
  • And the headlines of the business section now have been stitched together with legal filings to paint a picture of corporate America taking care of its own.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 6 Oct. 2021

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