Sentence examples for complete a portrait from inspiring English sources

But with investigators seeking as complete a portrait of the killers as possible, even mundane details loom large.

They gather school and medical records, delve several generations into family histories, and conduct interviews to create as complete a portrait of a defendant as possible.

Vicari — who was in London to complete a portrait of the commander of the queen's household cavalry, a man who revels in the name Silver Stick — is about the last of a dying breed: a court painter.

With investigators trying to assemble as complete a portrait of the killers as they can, nothing -- not even the most mundane recollection of a gas station attendant -- is considered insignificant.

Mr. Coogler, who after graduation returned to the Bay Area to work as a counselor at a juvenile corrections facility, continued the work he began as a student, going over court records, getting to know Grant's family and friends and gaining their trust, trying to assemble as complete a portrait as he could.

The main difference is that the old masters took weeks or even months to complete a portrait, and Mr. Schnabel can finish one in several hours, which, even allowing for several centuries' worth of inflation, makes for a much sweeter payday.

Ms. Al Solh often completes a portrait during a single sitting, and tries to capture sitters' individuality along with snippets of stories they share, in Arabic text.

His second wife, the Czech-born sculptor Irena Sedlecka, recently completed a portrait bust of him that captures his patrician looks and his strength.

The empress turned down the petition but a year later granted Borovikovsky the title after he completed a portrait of one of the empress's grandchildren also a commission that he owed to Lampi.

This led to several front-page stories about Bremer's travels, completing a portrait of a madman not singling out Wallace but rather looking for any presidential candidate to shoot.

Hall also unveiled a slate of new arts productions including talent such as Tom Hollander, who has just completed a portrait of Dylan Thomas and Simon Russell Beale and will make a film on Shakespeare.