Sentence examples for off the portrait from inspiring English sources

Shrugging off the portrait of him as an international spy comfortable with a Glock, Ms. Wade said: "He would always walk away from a fight.

From establishing the piece's outline by applying a huge paper sketch, to marking off the portrait in white and taking a break for an arcade game, to finally fleshing out the extraterrestrial details in color-retentive swimming pool paint, it's an exhaustive work cycle to witness in less than three minutes.

"You can see he's a turmoiled type," she said slyly as she showed off the portrait.

But Everton McIntyre, a language arts teacher from East New York, Brooklyn, could not take his eyes off the portrait.

Later, a nouveau riche mansion starts him off on The Portrait of a Lady and Our Mutual Friend.

First, the Peruvian gangs bleach off the portraits of both Guaicaipuro (a revered indigenous leader) and the harpy eagle and then print Benjamin Franklin's stiff grimace onto the face of a newly minted $100 bill.

In each case, the equilibrium of their readers was shaken, and it remains so today; part of Gorra's task, in admitting James to that distinguished company, is to measure the aftershocks touched off by "The Portrait of a Lady".

Want to do some off-the-cuff portraits of the homeless?

There are probably eight of these, with one or two being extra resplendent for visitors, perhaps with stores extending off the sides, portrait galleries of Apple execs and so on.

The portraits based on the women's own descriptions are sadder, less attractive and more closed-off than the portraits based on descriptions from others.

Initially, Stewart's statement seemed like an off-the-cuff mea culpa, the portrait of an incredibly shaken 22-year-old who was caught red-handed.