sketch in
phrasal verb
sketched in; sketching in; sketches in
: to add (something, such as details) to a drawing, description, etc.
She looked over her picture and then sketched a few more clouds in.
The author decided to sketch in some minor characters.
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Speaking to Parade in 2018, Ferrell shared that Mattias had started getting into his old SNL sketches in the sixth grade.
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Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
Cast members performed on The Tonight Show and in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live, in a sketch in which host Bad Bunny berates his friends for failing to grasp the movie’s brilliance.
—Eliza Berman, Time, 9 Dec. 2025
In the sketch in question, SNL host of the week Glen Powell plays a groom-to-be who invites Maniscalco (as played by Hernandez) to his bachelor party.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Nov. 2025
Good call having this fellow do two sketches in such labor-intensive makeup.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
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Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
Cast members performed on The Tonight Show and in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live, in a sketch in which host Bad Bunny berates his friends for failing to grasp the movie’s brilliance.
—Eliza Berman, Time, 9 Dec. 2025
In the sketch in question, SNL host of the week Glen Powell plays a groom-to-be who invites Maniscalco (as played by Hernandez) to his bachelor party.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Nov. 2025
Good call having this fellow do two sketches in such labor-intensive makeup.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Sketch in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sketch%20in. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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