Illustrating
[iləstreitɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Illustrate
Typist: Serena
Examples
- I will give only one, as likewise illustrating one step in the separation of the sexes of plants. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- As a practical commentary on the liberal social theory which he had just favoured me by illustrating, Mr. Fairlie's cool request rather amused me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The several views illustrating this process are made in this way, the lines of the reticulated screen being 175 to the inch. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Greater precaution than this cannot be imagined, illustrating as it does, that no effort has been spared to protect the lives of the operators. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In 1865 the first displays of fireworks in the United States, illustrating historical events, were made by a company in New York City. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The kinetoscope is only a small model illustrating the present stage of the progress, but with each succeeding month new possibilities are brought into view. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Illustrating with the cellar-key. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Typist: Serena