How to Use illustration in a Sentence

illustration

noun
  • They selected photographs to use for the illustration of the book.
  • The illustrations that he provided in his speech were very effective.
  • Illustration is the key to good communication.
  • The illustration on page 30 shows the parts of an engine.
  • The book, with its kitschy cover illustration of a red rose, has made the rounds for years.
    — Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The tweet illustration shows white cleats, but not sure about that one.
    — Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Watch the video below for an illustration of the changes.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The item features the classic Gap logo on the front and an illustration of a white dove in flight on the back.
    — Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Smith won the contest, and the illustration of Cook remained a sketch that helped launch the Gerber brand.
    — CBS News, 4 June 2022
  • An artist's illustration of pterosaurs on the Island of Skye.
    — NBC News, 22 Feb. 2022
  • This illustration will get plenty of love from all the DIY dads out there.
    — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 3 Dec. 2022
  • The process of writing Yaya and the Sea was different in that the writing and the illustrations had to work in tandem.
    — Bridgette Bartlett Royall, Essence, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Trump did offer some praise to Harris, for the illustration of her on the new cover of Time.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The book has changed Glaser’s outlook on her illustration work as well as her future prospects in the field.
    — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2022
  • When that idea was nixed, Johnston saw an illustration in a U.S. Steel brochure with a four-legged truck walking through the woods in the snow.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 July 2022
  • The illustrations are adorable — think the roundest eyes and rosiest cheeks and the smiliest smiles.
    — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2023
  • An illustration shows the alignment of the sun, moon and Earth during a lunar eclipse.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2025
  • That is another neat illustration — a sign of which way the wind has blown.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The illustration was on the debut edition of the 1997 novel.
    — Bruce Haring, Deadline, 27 June 2024
  • This illustration of the front view of the James Webb Space Telescope shows its sun shield and golden mirrors.
    — Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The treatment of Eugene Debs was a stark illustration of the crackdown.
    — Joanna Scutts, The New Republic, 18 Oct. 2022
  • An illustration of the whale-size ichthyosaurs, at right, among other forms of marine life.
    — NBC News, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Her phone sits open on the kitchen table, and an illustration of Sekhmet, fangs and nails bared and dragging a bloody axe, serves as its home screen.
    — Rob Haskell, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2022
  • The front of the two-sided letter features an illustration of Rhoudy adorned with bright-red hearts.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 3 May 2024
  • The perfect illustration of that approach is the evolution of the merge process.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Her baby, meanwhile, wears a tiny bib in the same print, plus gray socks with tiny illustrations of black cars.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Aug. 2023
  • But the main draw of this style is the collage on the upper that tells Jordan’s story through illustration.
    — Obi Anyanwu, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2022
  • One illustration of that difference is prices of used cars, which have climbed more in the U.S. than in the eurozone.
    — Paul Hannon, WSJ, 6 Mar. 2022
  • Photo illustration showing the Samsung Group company logo displayed on a smartphone screen.
    — Dylan Butts, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The memoir includes lovely illustrations by Denise Nestor and many fascinating details about hares which Dalton draws from natural history, folklore, art, and literature.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 May 2025

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