Sentence examples for firsthand picture from inspiring English sources

At the request of the regent, Philip the Bold of Burgundy, Christine wrote the life of the deceased king, Charles Le Livre des fais et bonnes meurs du sage roy Charles V (1404; "Book of the Deeds and Good Morals of the Wise King Charles V"), a firsthand picture of Charles V and his court.

He experienced workplace discrimination firsthand when a picture of him and his boyfriend on his desk raised complaints.

And in booking a particular trip, Ahlsmith says, consumers "are looking for someone who’s been to that destination they want firsthand knowledge, because pictures on Web sites can be misleading, and some hotels have been accused of inflating their online reviews".

While infographics seem like the kind of thing that would mostly be the domain of number-crunching analysts and journalists, created for consumption by the wider public, the use of Visual.ly's beta — launched last year — testifies to there being a bigger audience for actually making these pictures firsthand.

But the visual shorthand is entirely legible, as the viewer completes the picture with firsthand experience of such objects and places.

The refugees' firsthand accounts painted a picture of a section of western Syria that is more thoroughly under siege — and perhaps more widely in revolt — than has previously been depicted.

And as relatively few American artists do, he pulls contemporary Africa, firsthand, into the big global picture, partly by pointing up a big global problem it shares with the rest of the world.

Based on firsthand experience, let somebody take pictures – your friends at home won't believe it otherwise".

We'll put your pictures up on HuffPost Firsthand so people can see what the economic recovery actually looks like.

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I never got to experience it firsthand, sadly, but I've seen pictures and videos, and was inspired by by how visceral it was.