This description of farming portrays an independent and self-sufficient base of small land owners, but also a significant amount of rural poverty.

The descriptions of the settlement talks in the court filings of Mr. Box portrayed the agreement as the product of hard-nosed negotiations.

A short one-paragraph description of the overall military situation, placing the scenario in context, possibly introducing one or two of the personalities portrayed on the map.

Howard's descriptions of the later Picts portray them as very small in height, squat and muscular, adept at silent movement, and most of all brutish and uncivilised.

The following description from a 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica portrays Holwell's point of view vividly:

The description of the setting, Jijo's Ocean, portrays the atmosphere as full of wonder and eeriness because it is so different from what the dolphins are used to.

Her photographs are accompanied by a name and description of the life of the person portrayed.

No description can adequately portray its reality.

A description of Ivess in late 1875 portrayed him as a "fine plump man with a well-groomed appearance.