ILLUSTRATE in a Sentence

Learn ILLUSTRATE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
91 example sentences for ILLUSTRATE, such as:
1. The foregoing examples illustrate this point.
2. Two short quotations will illustrate my point.
3. Let me give an example to illustrate the point.
4. The book was illustrated with color photographs.
5. A single example serves to illustrate what I mean.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of ILLUSTRATE
illustrate
 v.  depict with an illustration
 v.  supply with illustrations
Classic Sentence: (50 in 4 pages)
1  My case will illustrate that of hundreds of thousands of black people in every part of our country.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II.
2  While I was in charge of the Indian boys at Hampton, I had one or two experiences which illustrate the curious workings of caste in America.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI.
3  Perhaps I can illustrate this point in no better way than by relating the following incident.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVI.
4  As the circumstances of his marriage illustrate his character, I cannot refrain from relating them.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
5  But directly he began to illustrate his meaning, she understood at once.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 13
6  However, I have managed to live thirty years without this protection, you will say; but I will endeavor a little to illustrate my meaning.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 57. In the Lucerne Patch.
7  In the course of the defence, the witty Erskine went on to illustrate his position, by alluding to a recent crim.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 89. Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish.
8  With due discretion the incident itself may, however, be described, since it serves to illustrate some of those qualities for which my friend was remarkable.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
9  When the morning practice was over the trainer would make his comments and sometimes illustrate them by shuffling along for a yard or so comically in an old pair of blue canvas shoes.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
10  Only the ineffective word "hedgehog" illustrated his vision of Europe, bristling with guns, poised with planes.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 4
11  I see your photograph, and Sir Clifford's, in the illustrated papers sometimes.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
12  She was thrilled by her contact with a man of the upper class, this titled gentleman, this author who could write books and poems, and whose photograph appeared in the illustrated newspapers.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
13  Leslie Winter was attached to Clifford, but personally did not entertain a great respect for him, because of the photographs in illustrated papers and the literature.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
14  They treasure up every one of your pictures in the illustrated papers, and probably pray for you every night.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
15  No case, however, in which Holmes was engaged has ever illustrated the value of his analytical methods so clearly or has impressed those who were associated with him so deeply.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
Example Sentence: (41 in 3 pages)
1  To illustrate my point I have done a comparative analysis.
2  The company's bank statements illustrate its success.
3  I shall take four different examples from contemporary literature to illustrate my point.
4  Let me give an example to illustrate the point.
5  A single example serves to illustrate what I mean.
6  She strayed from the text in a few places to illustrate some of her more interesting points.
7  The foregoing examples illustrate this point.
8  Two short quotations will illustrate my point.
9  The following examples illustrate how this operates in practice.
10  It is intended to illustrate what life as a bus conductor in Glasgow was.
11  The editor will illustrate the definition with an example sentence.
12  I like to give names that either illustrate the character or are wildly misappropriate for the sake of humor.
13  He illustrated his argument with quotations from Pasternak.
14  The book was illustrated with color photographs.
15  His lecture was illustrated with slides taken during the expedition.