Sentence examples for compile a portrait from inspiring English sources
He followed them on their journey through training and deployment, after demobilization and in hospitals, to compile a portrait of the dedication of the armed services today.
The doctor compiled a portrait of the suspect that was later shown to be uncannily accurate, right down to the cut of the bomber's jacket.
The remarks appeared in a two-part, 10,000-word article by Graham Turner, an author permitted by the palace to speak with current and former courtiers, women who have admired Philip and longtime friends in compiling a portrait of him in anticipation of his birthday, on June 10.
Andrew Nosnitsky compiles a multifaceted portrait of Gil Scott-Heron.
The brain, it seems, is a master at filling gaps and making do, of compiling a cohesive portrait of reality based on a flickering view.
By reporting on the ordinary in his journals day after day and year after year, Bruce compiles a revealing portrait of his life.
The data, when compiled, helps provide a portrait of how the healing process is coming along and whether the stitches are having their intended effect.
Among many possible fiction choices – his debut, The Poorhouse Fair; the sensational scandal of Couples; the exhilarating magical realism of The Witches of Eastwick – I've picked his panoramic masterpiece, the Henry Angstrom series, a portrait of America compiled over four decades: Rabbit, Run (1960); Rabbit Redux (1971); Rabbit Is Rich (1981); and Rabbit at Rest (1990).
Readers began putting real names to the personages and compiling keys to them, but La Bruyère denied that any was a portrait of a single person.
