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.
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The debate inside and outside the court walls illustrated the pervasive split in how Israelis view the high court.
  — Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2023
• The kind of measures announced -- trying to adapt to the effects of global warming rather than dealing with its source -- illustrate Biden's bind on the climate.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 28 July 2023
• The fact that most of the Ukrainian troops at Landstuhl are Americans illustrates how the war has progressed in unexpected ways.
  — Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2023
• But before illustrating when and why, a bit of very basic background about the niche sport of canoe slalom, for the uninitiated.
  — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2024
• For the Jayhawks, the game illustrated most every problem that has plagued Kansas this season.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2024
• The trade-offs illustrate the risk for school officials, budget watchdogs said.
  — Troy Closson, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2023
• The name is a nod to the scientists who first correctly illustrated and described Reed-Sternberg cells.
  — Barbara Brody, Health, 9 Nov. 2023
• Sonja Sharp turns to tampons, pogs and boxes to illustrate our cardboard dilemma.
  — Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
• Having her talk to her fetus was a way to illustrate the power of the Water of Life, this substance that gives you access to the past lives of previous Reverend Mothers.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2024
• The sheer size of a vessel can be an obstacle, as illustrated by the Ever Given, one of the world’s largest shipping containers, which became stuck in the Suez Canal for six days in 2021.
  — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 27 Mar. 2024
• The image below illustrates an east-west cross-section through the temperature zone.
  — Jeff Halverson, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2024
• The Greene controversy illustrates the group’s struggle to define itself with Trump out of office.
  — Molly Ball, Time, 18 July 2023
• Entrants in this year’s contest—now in its tenth year—were invited to submit images showcasing life on Earth, and illustrating some of the many threats that our planet faces.
  — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 15 June 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024