dramatize

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Recent Examples of dramatize Unlike Molly, who's politely reticent and reluctant to speak up for herself, Nikki can't resist expressing her anger and sorrow—or, more precisely, dramatizing them for whatever audience of oncologists happens to be in range. Dory Jackson, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025 The network’s right to turn George and Tammy’s story into a TV show came from the First Amendment and from buying the rights to dramatize Georgette’s book. Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Mar. 2025 The network’s right to turn George and Tammy’s story into a TV show came from the First Amendment and from buying the rights to dramatize Georgette’s book. Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Mar. 2025 This clever, focus-shifting structure allows showrunners Robbins and Sarah Sutherland to dramatize the most lurid, horror-movie aspects of the story without appearing to endorse one version over another. Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dramatize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dramatize
Verb
  • The prosecution showed Cassie a still from a video that depicted Combs beating her at a hotel.
    Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 13 May 2025
  • But the top 10 destinations for summer travel globally (depicted in the photo above), do not include one single U.S. location.
    Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Verb
  • The drop represents the first month-to-month decline since October 2024.
    Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • But China, in particular, represents a big chunk of volume in certain categories like electronics and toys.
    Anne D'Innocenzio, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • However, India would later interpret the treaty as final, claiming the territory as part of India.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 8 May 2025
  • Furthermore, who’s to say my rendering couldn’t be interpreted as an artistic choice or even, in some cases, an improvement?
    Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2025
Verb
  • Negotiation progress After his inauguration on Jan. 20, Trump quickly signaled that the Biden administration’s position of portraying the conflict as an essential moral crusade was over.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 3 May 2025
  • Keffer’s website portrays it as a small business that began in the family basement in 1996 and now operates out of a modest building near Grove City, Pa.
    Austin Meek, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Verb
  • This one, is rendered in moody, romantic tones of blue.
    José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 8 May 2025
  • At the same time, James and her peers helped students connect with experts in larger cities in professional fields; apply for admissions, grants and scholarships; and rendered whatever other assistance was needed.
    Doug Thompson, Arkansas Online, 8 May 2025
Verb
  • The full impact on the complicated tariffs and other trade penalties enacted by Washington and Beijing remains unclear.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 May 2025
  • The Trump administration hopes the plan will be enacted by July 4.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
Verb
  • The group is getting ready to perform Broadway show tunes on May 31 at the Library’s Community Room.
    Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2025
  • Like her older sisters Elle and Jane, Hansen has helped carry on a winning tradition at Cohasset as a hybrid athlete with the ability to perform just about anything on the field with success.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 10 May 2025
Verb
  • Earlier in the day, Trump had appointed Ed Martin, a conservative activist and lawyer from Missouri, as the acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.
    Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 11 May 2025
  • The Vatican investigation said Prevost acted correctly in imposing preliminary restrictions on Gonzales while Peruvian authorities conducted their own civil investigation, the typical way the church handles allegations that are also being investigated by secular authorities.
    Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025

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“Dramatize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dramatize. Accessed 20 May. 2025.

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