Examples of “illustrate” in a Sentence

verb To explain or clarify something by using an example or comparison.

• She used a simple diagram to illustrate how the process worked.
• The case study illustrates the risks of overexpansion.
• Let me illustrate the point with a story from my own school days.

verb To add pictures or diagrams to a text.

• A local artist was hired to illustrate the children's book.
• She was asked to illustrate a cookbook with watercolour paintings of each dish.
• He likes to illustrate his own short stories with quick pencil sketches.