Sentence examples for given a picture from inspiring English sources

Although her son denied the accusations, the public was suddenly given a picture of Mrs. Astor as a mistreated centenarian.

Observing the glorious pageant week after week, I began to feel like a starving person being given a picture of a plate of food.

As early as Tuesday evening, some police agencies in the District of Columbia area were given a picture of Mr. Muhammad and a description of the Caprice.

"They have given a picture of the ages more vivid and memorable than anything in Tacitus or Gibbon or Macaulay," he claimed.

But he has left the wet-fields painting as a present for Oliver, who feels slightly irritated at being given a picture that the painter had been unable to finish properly.

In this case, they might be given a picture of a cicada, then shown a live cicada in a jar and finally, gradually, after getting closer and closer to the jar, bracing themselves and actually handling the insect.

That's what gives a picture longevity".

Gives a picture of the proliferation and application of computers.

Writer gives a picture of the two players: a study in contrasts.

On Monday, though, each speaker helped give a picture of Taylor's life outside of football.

Mr. Updike gives a picture of what the lyric of the future will be like.