photographed; photographing; photographs
: to take a photograph of
1
: to take a photograph
2
: to appear as an image in a photograph
an actress who photographs well
Examples of photograph in a Sentence
Noun
I always take a lot of photographs when I travel.
the old photograph was faded but still clear enough to make out
Verb
He photographed the women sitting on the bench.
She was photographed in the studio.
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Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
According to Millward, volunteers have so far uploaded more than 25,000 photographs and videos from Smithsonian museums to a temporary storage site.
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In a film that is often richly photographed despite a modest budget, the enormous grounds filled with bright red tomatoes feel like clever visual shortcuts to cinematic meaning.
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Noun
Travelling the world for work, Caleb and Mary Jo had accumulated an idiosyncratic collection of ceramics, lithographs, paintings, masks, and photographs.
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
According to Millward, volunteers have so far uploaded more than 25,000 photographs and videos from Smithsonian museums to a temporary storage site.
—Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
Published by Vendome Press, the book is a visual autobiography and spotlights seven of their properties, photographed by Douglas Friedman, a longtime creative partner of the Hilfigers who specializes in fashion, architectural and interior design photography.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025
In a film that is often richly photographed despite a modest budget, the enormous grounds filled with bright red tomatoes feel like clever visual shortcuts to cinematic meaning.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Photograph.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/photograph. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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photograph
1 of 2 noun
pho·to·graph
ˈfōt-ə-ˌgraf 
: a picture obtained by photography
photograph
2 of 2 verb1
: to take a photograph of
2
: to take photographs
3
: to be photographed
photographer
noun
fə-ˈtäg-rə-fər
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