PICTURE in a Sentence

Learn PICTURE 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.
329 example sentences for PICTURE, such as:
1. He fixed a picture to the wall.
2. A picture of flowers hung on the wall.
3. The picture certainly doesn't flatter her.
4. I am embroidering this picture for my mother.
5. The wild card in the picture is eastern Europe.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of PICTURE
picture
 v.  show in, or as in, a picture
 n.  a typical example of some state or quality
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  It occurred to me now that I had seen her, or a picture of her, somewhere before.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
2  The only picture was an over-enlarged photograph, apparently a hen sitting on a blurred rock.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
3  Almost the last thing I remember was standing with Daisy and watching the moving picture director and his Star.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
4  But there was nothing--only the picture of Dan Cody, a token of forgotten violence staring down from the wall.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
5  He seemed reluctant to put away the picture, held it for another minute, lingeringly, before my eyes.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
6  And yet a russet gown, torn and soiled with the child's rude play, made a picture of her just as perfect.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VI. PEARL
7  This picture is gone, and was doubtless the temptation which urged the murderer to the deed.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
8  If he had but my picture, he says he should be easy.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22
9  I gazed on the picture of my mother, which stood over the mantel-piece.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
10  Below this picture was a miniature of William; and my tears flowed when I looked upon it.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
11  Concerning the picture she could give no account.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
12  I have burnt all your letters, and will return your picture the first opportunity.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 49
13  There was no shadowy picture of his footsteps, in the garden that I dreamed of walking in all night.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6. I ENLARGE MY CIRCLE OF ACQUAINTANCE
14  Janet was a pretty blooming girl, of about nineteen or twenty, and a perfect picture of neatness.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13. THE SEQUEL OF MY RESOLUTION
15  On her face, I saw immediately the placid and sweet expression of the lady whose picture had looked at me downstairs.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 15. I MAKE ANOTHER BEGINNING
Example Sentence: (119 in 8 pages)
1  Helping keep the picture cloudy is Gretzky, who becomes an unrestricted free agent after the season.
2  Optimists always picture themselves accomplishing their goals.
3  I am embroidering this picture for my mother.
4  The author builds up a useful composite picture of contemporary consumer culture.
5  The author paints a stark picture of life in a prison camp.
6  According to popular folklore, anyone who owns such a picture will have bad luck.
7  Life, is a colorful picture, the smile is a beautiful color.
8  Recollection picture is piecing together, reminds my you to recede.
9  He fixed a picture to the wall.
10  A picture of flowers hung on the wall.
11  Seen from this angle the woman in the picture is smiling.
12  There was a picture in the paper of a man whose leg had been blown off.
13  My visits enabled me to build up a broad picture of the culture.
14  The wild card in the picture is eastern Europe.
15  The picture certainly doesn't flatter her.