All 9 Uses of
illustrate
in
Profiles in Courage
- Milton Kaplan and Virginia Daiker of the Prints and Photos Division were most helpful in suggesting possible illustrations.†
Chpt Pref.
- His experience illustrates as does almostnone other that even this extraordinary equipment is not enough to succeed in American political life.†
Chpt 1.2
- With piles of books and papers heaped on his desk, speaking frequently to nearly empty galleries and an indifferent chamber, Benton poured forth thousands of statistics, classical illustrations and magnificent metaphors upon colleagues with farmore formal schooling and originality of thought.†
Chpt 2.4
- Indeed the assertion of power by both Houses was illustrated by the visit of Congressman Anson Burlingame to the House of Commons.†
Chpt 3.0
- Two men of integrity—both Republicans, both Midwesterners, but wholly dissimilar in their political philosophies and personal mannerisms—best illustrate the impact of the twentieth century upon the Senate as a whole and the atmosphere of political courage in particular.
Chpt 4.0illustrate = help make clear
- The memories of the gas chambers at Buchenwald and other Nazi concentration camps, the stories of hideous atrocities which had been refreshed with new illustrations at Nuremberg, and the anguish and suffering which each new military casualty list had brought to thousands of American homes—these were among the immeasurable influences which caused many to react with pain and indignation when a United States Senator deplored the trials and sentences of these merely "despicable" men.†
Chpt 4.9
- "It illustrates at once," a columnist observed at that time, "the extreme stubbornness, integrity and political strongheadedness of Senator Taft.†
Chpt 4.9
- What is noteworthy is the illustration furnished by this speech of Taft's unhesitating courage in standing against the flow of public opinion for a cause he believed to be right.†
Chpt 4.9
- Many more examples could have been mentioned as illustrative of similar conduct under similar circumstances.†
Chpt 4.10 *
Definition:
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(illustrate as in: as illustrated by this example) to help make clear -- typically by example