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
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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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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
In the absence of photographs and archival footage of his life, which have long defined the Burns family’s documentary style, the notebooks served as the filmmakers’ pole star, as McMahon calls it, to understanding an enigmatic man.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2024
The campaign imagery, photographed by Nadia Lee Cohen, stars Kim Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian Barker, and pays homage to Italian culture and women.
—Erin Lassner, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
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Noun
In between tales of dinner parties in Copenhagen and wearing Christian Lacroix straw hats in Paris, Blair encourages us to wait for the moonlight to better illuminate our photographs.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
In the absence of photographs and archival footage of his life, which have long defined the Burns family’s documentary style, the notebooks served as the filmmakers’ pole star, as McMahon calls it, to understanding an enigmatic man.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
Verb
The fashion editor Diana Vreeland had Cher photographed for Vogue.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2024
The campaign imagery, photographed by Nadia Lee Cohen, stars Kim Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian Barker, and pays homage to Italian culture and women.
—Erin Lassner, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Photograph.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/photograph. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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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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