How to Use illustrate in a Sentence

illustrate

verb

• The students will write and illustrate their own stories.
• Please give a few examples to illustrate your point.
• The results illustrate how important it is to wear your seatbelt.
• He illustrated his lecture with stories of his own experiences in the field.
• Chase walks us through it, with clips and outtakes and footage to illustrate his points.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2024
• The trend is destructive, as a pair of events this week illustrate.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2022
• There is a marked difference in the first act, which illustrates just how young Lil Nas X still is.
  — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 27 Jan. 2024
• Hollywood spent a huge part of last year on strike to illustrate this very point.
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2024
• To illustrate the power of prompts, Miller turned to gift-giving.
  — Anna Oakes, Quartz, 10 May 2023
• And so to see that dramatic turn, to me, illustrated two things.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 11 May 2023
• The show is based on the graphic novels of the same name written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 9 Nov. 2023
• Phone calls, text messages, emails and a photograph that illustrate the case against him.
  — Jonah E. Bromwich, New York Times, 19 May 2024
• No stat better illustrates the sorry state of the program at that time.
  — Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2023
• Each of the 32 cards is illustrated with an animal and comes with a matching squishy friend.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 7 Feb. 2024
• This game illustrated the impact Lindor has on the Mets.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 25 July 2024
• See five charts that illustrate the current state of the housing market.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 23 Nov. 2023
• Games like this illustrate how good Kansas can be at defense when the team is fully locked in and focused.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2024
• Nothing illustrated that more than the times Booth was on the floor with 6-9 Anna Smrek.
  — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
• Boeing used the examples of Bel Air and Baldwin Hills to illustrate his point.
  — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
• To illustrate, the port noted in a statement that the project would cut emissions by the equivalent of removing 2,770 cars from the roads each year.
  — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
• Recent polls have illustrated the erosion in support for Biden from 2020 to this year.
  — Char Adams, NBC News, 24 July 2024
• The images illustrate that the track-only Bolide is so much more than just a re-bodied Chiron.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2023
• To him, every toy truck should come with a tire that slowly deflates to illustrate the concept of running out of time.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2024
• The story of the hunting dogs on this trip that pursued and fought the bear illustrated the determination and grit of the hunting hound.
  — Buckley T. Foster Special To The Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 29 Sep. 2024
• His new role illustrates just how big the CNN operations are.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 1 June 2023
• The release was delayed for hours due to a dispute over the delivery of more aid to the Gaza Strip that illustrated the fragility of a deal that was weeks in the making.
  — Sune Engel Rasmussen, WSJ, 26 Nov. 2023
• Look The campaign, styled by Zadeh in Formentera, illustrates these values.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 16 July 2024
• The book, illustrated by Abbey Bryant, follows a young girl named Desi who learns to overcome nighttime fears with the help of her mother.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 1 May 2024
• Spaghetti models are named after their spaghetti-like appearance and are used to illustrate the potential path of a storm.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
• This comes partly from illustrating what can happen to a neighboring country that takes an overtly anti-Moscow path.
  — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024