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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Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
The archives here hold thousands of manuscripts, photographs, documents, and interviews with Pacific War veterans.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 15 Nov. 2025
Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
Andrew was first linked to Epstein after they were photographed walking together through New York's Central Park in December 2010.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Tarun was posing for a photograph with two other girls and hadn’t seen Kavitha yet.
—Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
The archives here hold thousands of manuscripts, photographs, documents, and interviews with Pacific War veterans.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 15 Nov. 2025
Verb
Trudeau and Perry were photographed by a passerby in a seeming embrace in September, but appeared to go public with their romance after they were seen holding hands at the Crazy Horse cabaret in Paris around the time of Perry’s birthday in October.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
Andrew was first linked to Epstein after they were photographed walking together through New York's Central Park in December 2010.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
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“Photograph.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/photograph. Accessed 24 Nov. 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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