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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Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 23 Dec. 2025
Baby Solar Systems While we Earthlings have been enjoying our annual twirl through the solar system, scientists have shared baby photographs of a whole menagerie of other star systems, thanks to the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2025
Meredith Nierman, NPR, 23 Dec. 2025
The couple was photographed engaging in some PDA, and the ring was visible in the pics.
—Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
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Noun
The files released Friday contained numerous photographs of Clinton, many from a trip to Africa that Clinton and Epstein took on Epstein’s plane in 2002.
—Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 23 Dec. 2025
Baby Solar Systems While we Earthlings have been enjoying our annual twirl through the solar system, scientists have shared baby photographs of a whole menagerie of other star systems, thanks to the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2025
Verb
Meeting with and photographing some of the people who were affected most by this event highlighted for me the strength of and love in this community.
—Meredith Nierman, NPR, 23 Dec. 2025
The couple was photographed engaging in some PDA, and the ring was visible in the pics.
—Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
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“Photograph.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/photograph. Accessed 26 Dec. 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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