Synonyms for paint a picture
paint a pic·ture

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1. suggest, evoke, paint a pictureverb

   call to mind

   "this remark evoked sadness"

   Synonyms:
   conjure, extract, kindle, suggest, kick up, provoke, draw out, bring up, propose, advise, invoke, stir, put forward, call down, enkindle, hint, arouse, call forth, intimate, evoke, indicate, educe, elicit, raise, fire, conjure up

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1. David Hendler:

   They're trying to paint a picture of progress but there's still a lot of sludge in there.

2. Don Alway:

   We are trying to paint a picture of Byrd's life. We are trying to find out what was going on with him personally and professionally.

3. John Nelson:

   I wouldn't paint a picture that it's all bad, there is light at the end of the tunnel.

4. Tony Terrell Robinson Jr.:

   They try to associate his past with this act, to paint a picture about the type of kid he was, he was a good, kindhearted kid who was very happy and just wanted to be accepted and wanted to be loved.

5. Perry Stimpson:

   I'm trying to paint a picture of the bank at the time and why my actions were normal across the industry and at the respondent (Citi) ... It shows the information-sharing practices that I have been criticised for was a common practice.