Sentence examples for portrait to do from inspiring English sources

Mr. Dulack's libretto turns a tense, darkly funny monologue into a slack, self-serious would-be drama, with a part for the duke's listener and even one for the dead duchess, who steps out of her own portrait to do the honors.

"I wanted the [subjects of the portraits] to do some sharing.

And in your book, peoples' marriages come apart, they suffer terribly, and basically, it's a portrait of impotence to do anything about it.

Mr. Greenfield-Sanders, a well-known portrait photographer, was brought in to do portraits of the soldiers in the film, six from the Army, four from the Marines, who range in age from 21 to 41 and whose injuries include devastating brain damage, triple amputation and blindness.

Perfect timing for the first of six portraits I plan to do of the six Formula One world champions racing in the series this year.

Although strong demand for his paintings freed him from the need to do portrait work, he did accept the occasional commission.

Noguchi continued to do portrait heads, often as a means of earning a living, with varying results.

"If you are after a truth from a portrait, you want it to do something a photo can't.

They haven't been practising, haven't been getting their collective eye in, as portrait painters are wont to do.

The provenance and condition of the 1963 acrylic and silkscreen ink portrait have a lot to do with Sotheby's hefty estimate, $9 million to $12 million.

Did you know you wanted to do portraits, or did you go in with a looser idea?