Indicate and Sketch

Indicate

Indicate verb - To serve as a sign or symptom of.

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Sketch and indicate are semantically related In some cases you can use "Sketch" instead a verb "Indicate".

Sketch verb - To draw or make apparent the outline of.

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Indicate and sketch are semantically related in describe topic. Sometimes you can use "Indicate" instead a verb "Sketch".

Nearby Words: sketchy, sketched, sketching

people	indicate people	sketch people
someone	indicate someone	sketch someone

Take That: A 1985 sketch on The Lenny Henry Show parodying Doctor Who had Lenny as the Doctor note (the opening sequence and first few lines of dialogue indicate this was an alternate Seventh incarnation) confronting the big-haired alien dictator Thatchos (and her ineffectual underling Denos).

Source: Creator / Lenny Henry
A preview of the model used in the plate animation shown without context and the initial concept sketch, both shown on his Instagram indicate that he wanted it to intentionally look alien and eerie.

Source: Western Animation / Poet Anderson: The Dream Walker
Worst Whatever Ever: In a sketch about the New York City Marathon being cancelled, Conan remarked that the paramedic with Eddie is the worst paramedic ever, because all he does is shake his head to indicate that someone's dead; he doesn't even try to save them.

Source: Series / Conan

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