depicting
the act of portraying something by painting or other visual image or of describing it in words: The depicting of the national coat-of-arms on coins has been a tradition in Lithuanian minting for over 600 years.
portraying or describing something (sometimes used in combination): This Alaskan village can be used as a depicting example, highlighting the impacts of climate change on the lives of Native villagers.A plan to withdraw the Gaddafi-depicting banknotes started with the 50-dinar note, the first to be retired.
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The facades of funky restaurants, lounges and supermarkets are favorite Leff subjects, and several are depicted here.
In the galleries: Referencing the revered Washington colorists and beyond | Mark Jenkins | November 6, 2020 | Washington PostInside the brilliant yellow-and-silver cover are photographs depicting more than 100 locations in 60 countries.
No travel plans? Try three new books about the nexus of travel and design. | Rebecca Powers | November 5, 2020 | Washington PostI also spent a lot of time on the very streets Stamaty depicted in his work.
Yet many of the activities and party games depicted in It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown have all but disappeared from mainstream culture.
Watching It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown with a 5-year-old | Emily VanDerWerff | October 30, 2020 | VoxThe Postal Service’s ballot delivery figures, some critics say, do not fully depict its ballot-handling performance.
Millions of mail ballots have not been returned as window closes for Postal Service delivery | Derek Hawkins, Jacob Bogage | October 28, 2020 | Washington Post
Do you worry about glorifying war, even inadvertently, by depicting it as something sacrosanct?
The Veteran Who Took Home the National Book Award | Jacob Siegel | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey hold signs depicting a fetus with a hanging umbilical cord.
Gay is highly regarded for her self-depicting stance that welcomes a less stately, more flawed concept of modern feminism.
Rose [the main character in “The Cryptozoologist”] and I have kind of the same job, which is depicting this valley.
The errant flashes of light in your brain depicting this possibility are strong enough to make you wince and want to cry.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq | Nathan Bradley Bethea | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA huge float comes along, depicting the stone age and the primitive man, every detail carefully studied from the museums.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley SmithIt offers beautiful examples of his inspiration in depicting the lovely aspects of nature.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred DownerThe western half of the gallery was decorated by the artist Delbecke, with paintings depicting the life of a cloth merchant.
Ypres and the Battles of Ypres | UnknownThe stories depicting him are best expounded as myths and figures.
In depicting character and describing scenes, you would be apt to display many of the characteristics which Dickens exhibits.
Ruth Hall | Fanny Fern
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