Sentence examples for very portrait from inspiring English sources

He is, if nothing else, the very portrait of the unsaintly survivor -- albeit an entertaining and charming one.

And that the preliminary drawing for this very portrait shows no sign whatsoever of being traced from a lens projection.

Hamsun was by then the very portrait of a young artist, complete with pince-nez; a contemporary described him as "dangerous for all women, interesting and striking".

So here are my favorite books that Henry Miller introduced me to, all of which I can recommend most heartily: "The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini" (a terrific liar, the very portrait of entertaining braggadocio).

The most difficult of criminals to trace, since his connections with his victims are almost always imagined, such a killer is a romantic figure in reverse: sexually obsessed, isolated by his compulsions, the very portrait of demonic possession: one whose entire outward life has been constructed as a means of satisfying the forbidden.

The same is true for Cersei, who ends the episode as an evil queen, in evil epaulets, as her beloved Jaime gazes on, the very portrait of "I'm not so sure about this, your majesty".

But I hope it's a very real portrait of the place.

The recipes give a very real portrait of contemporary Oaxacan cooking, a melding of pre-Hispanic and Spanish influences with a few modern conveniences.

"I wanted to use this idea as a canvas to paint a very real portrait of childhood, exploring the diversity of life experiences from a child's perspective," Speers told me.

The book gives you a very rounded portrait of her.

What emerges is a compelling and very human portrait of war.