paint/draw a picture of
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: to create an idea or understanding of (something or someone) through words, facts, etc.
The author paints a disturbing picture of life in the camp.
These statistics draw a clear picture of how the population is aging.
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The results paint a picture of a highly fragmented Democratic primary, with no single figure consolidating majority support and multiple ideological factions vying for influence.
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Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
That worked to familiarize us with how Jessa’s family dysfunction affected her in the present, rather than give us a flashback of her childhood to paint a picture of what happened in the past.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 July 2025
But her diaries paint a picture of someone still battling — this time not in court, but in her own home.
—Christina Coulter, People.com, 2 July 2025
Baldwin scholar Boggs delves into the archives and adds original research and interviews to paint a picture of the great novelist, essayist, and political thinker’s complex artistic and emotional landscape, with special focus on the personal relationships through which his work was refracted.
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Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
That worked to familiarize us with how Jessa’s family dysfunction affected her in the present, rather than give us a flashback of her childhood to paint a picture of what happened in the past.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 July 2025
But her diaries paint a picture of someone still battling — this time not in court, but in her own home.
—Christina Coulter, People.com, 2 July 2025
Baldwin scholar Boggs delves into the archives and adds original research and interviews to paint a picture of the great novelist, essayist, and political thinker’s complex artistic and emotional landscape, with special focus on the personal relationships through which his work was refracted.
—Literary Hub
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
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