Portray and Sketch

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Portray

Portray verb - To give a representation or account of in words.

Usage example: the author portrays her characters with lifelike vividness

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Sketch is a synonym for portray in represent topic. In some cases you can use "Sketch" instead a verb "Portray", when it comes to topics like paint, draw, art, representation. popular alternative

Nearby Words: portrayal, portraying

Sketch

Sketch verb - To give a representation or account of in words.

Usage example: briefly sketched the intent of the reorganization plan

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Portray is a synonym for sketch in draw topic. You can use "Portray" instead a verb "Sketch", if it concerns topics such as representation, paint. popular alternative

Nearby Words: sketchy, sketched, sketching

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people	portray people	sketch people
boy	portray boy	sketch boy
someone	portray someone	sketch someone
everyone	portray everyone	sketch everyone

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Everything Is an Instrument: One Python sketch has him portray Arthur Ewing, who claims to have musical mice, reputedly trained to squeak at specific pitches.

Source: Creator / Terry Jones
Ryan has to portray a taxidermy expert, and gets the idea to go stock-still and unblinking for the entire sketch.

Source: Taxidermy Is Creepy
Whenever there was a musical number on the sketch comedy series Fast Forward, Gina Riley would always portray a female singer.

Source: The Cast Showoff

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