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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Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
The company’s chief marketing officer, Takayuki Inoue, attended Monday’s news conference, received recognition from Crane and posed for photographs with Imai afterward.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2025
Considered by many to be the epitome of Parisian elegance, de Ribes was among the Swans written about by Truman Capote and was photographed by Richard Avedon.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 31 Dec. 2025
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Noun
The discovery of the photographs was an emotional one for Ree.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
The company’s chief marketing officer, Takayuki Inoue, attended Monday’s news conference, received recognition from Crane and posed for photographs with Imai afterward.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Verb
By choosing a jurisdiction with strict privacy laws and tougher limits on photographing children, Clooney is effectively arbitraging legal regimes the way multinational corporations arbitrage tax codes—only here the protected asset is family life, not corporate profit.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2025
Considered by many to be the epitome of Parisian elegance, de Ribes was among the Swans written about by Truman Capote and was photographed by Richard Avedon.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 31 Dec. 2025
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“Photograph.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/photograph. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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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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