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I use hyperbole in the course of trying to paint a word picture.

The first tells us more, but does the explanation create a word picture?

Let me give you a brief word picture of the average transvestite.

Ah, if only Chiun could tell this story to the world in word pictures.

And I will actually draw or paint a word picture for you to put you in the scene.

It seemed unlikely, considering the word picture of Anna that had been given him by those who knew her.

So, dear reader, I ask you to bear with me for what we used to call "word pictures."

From now on, I will draw nothing but word pictures.

"One of my gifts is to be able to come up with word pictures," he said in an interview.

That's a word picture that for many people comes to mind with the mention of the word.