dramatize
verb
dra·ma·tize
ˈdra-mə-ˌtīz 
ˈdrä-
ˈdrä-
dramatized; dramatizing
1
: to adapt (something, such as a novel) for theatrical presentation
2
: to present or represent in a dramatic manner
Examples of dramatize in a Sentence
The movie dramatizes her early life.
The book is dramatized in a new play.
I know I tend to dramatize things but it really was awful.
She cited a series of statistics to dramatize the seriousness of the problem.
This tragedy dramatizes the need for improvements in highway safety.
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Nothing dramatizes the human comedy with more precision than the sound of a happily narrow mind retorting to the wider environment.
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Austin Kelley’s debut novel The Fact Checker dramatizes these questions of fact, truth, and provability as the protagonist checks an article about the Union Square Greenmarket.
—Isabel Clara Ruehl
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza has teamed with Civil War and Ex Machina director Alex Garland to make Warfare, which dramatizes the day in 2006 a team of Navy SEALs, Mendoza among them, entered an apartment building in Ramadi province, Iraq, on a treacherous surveillance mission.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 June 2025
Fares Fares is a forceful actor who dramatizes George’s movie-star vanity from the inside out.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 May 2025
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Austin Kelley’s debut novel The Fact Checker dramatizes these questions of fact, truth, and provability as the protagonist checks an article about the Union Square Greenmarket.
—Isabel Clara Ruehl
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza has teamed with Civil War and Ex Machina director Alex Garland to make Warfare, which dramatizes the day in 2006 a team of Navy SEALs, Mendoza among them, entered an apartment building in Ramadi province, Iraq, on a treacherous surveillance mission.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 June 2025
Fares Fares is a forceful actor who dramatizes George’s movie-star vanity from the inside out.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for dramatize
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“Dramatize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dramatize. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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