All 10 Uses of
illustrate
in
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography
- One of the best illustrations of this which I know of is in the case of an ex-slave from Virginia whom I met not long ago in a little town in the state of Ohio.†
Chpt 1
- This was fully illustrated by the life upon our own plantation.†
Chpt 1
- My case will illustrate that of hundreds of thousands of black people in every part of our country.
Chpt 2illustrate = help make clear
- This is illustrated in no better way than by observing the conduct of the old-school type of Southern gentleman when he is in contact with his former slaves or their descendants.†
Chpt 6
- While I was in charge of the Indian boys at Hampton, I had one or two experiences which illustrate the curious workings of caste in America.
Chpt 6illustrate = help make clear
- An illustration of something of this same feeling came under my observation afterward.†
Chpt 6
- As illustrating the peculiar mental processes of the country people, I remember that I asked one coloured man, who was about sixty years old, to tell me something of his history.
Chpt 7illustrating = helping make clear
- This is illustrated by a story told of a coloured man in Alabama, who, one hot day in July, while he was at work in a cotton-field, suddenly stopped, and, looking toward the skies, said: "O Lawd, de cotton am so grassy, de work am so hard, and the sun am so hot dat I b'lieve dis darky am called to preach!"†
Chpt 8
- Let me illustrate my meaning.
Chpt 14 *illustrate = help make clear
- Perhaps I can illustrate this point in no better way than by relating the following incident.
Chpt 16
Definition:
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(illustrate as in: as illustrated by this example) to help make clear -- typically by example