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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Some viewers noted that Harris' mirror image sketch was conceptually similar to a 2015 sketch in which Trump appeared alongside former SNL star Jimmy Fallon on NBC's The Tonight Show. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024 Hit PLAY to watch the sketch in full, and give this week’s SNL a grade in our poll. —

Claire Franken, TVLine, 3 Nov. 2024 Merlin, Excalibur, the Lady of the Lake, the Grail, Lancelot, Guinevere, Galahad, and all the rest were sketched in by Geoffrey of Monmouth in the twelfth century and his various successors later on. —

Kelly Devries, Foreign Affairs, 29 Mar. 2012 It is named after an alien which has only been seen once in a sketch in The Art of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. —

Caroline Reid, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sketch in