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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These references are likely due to the intersection of American identification with Roman republicanism, which the play dramatizes, and the long history of American interest in Shakespeare specifically.
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JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
Scenes slide from the first to the third person, as though the narrator is dramatizing her own story for the reader’s consumption.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
And late one night, Bruce happened to catch Badlands, Terrence Malick’s 1973 movie that dramatized the killing spree of Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate, on TV.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
The film, produced by Star Platinum, dramatizes a 1970 incident in which a communist group hijacked a passenger plane and diverted it to Pyongyang.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2025
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JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
Scenes slide from the first to the third person, as though the narrator is dramatizing her own story for the reader’s consumption.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
And late one night, Bruce happened to catch Badlands, Terrence Malick’s 1973 movie that dramatized the killing spree of Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate, on TV.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
The film, produced by Star Platinum, dramatizes a 1970 incident in which a communist group hijacked a passenger plane and diverted it to Pyongyang.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 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 31 Oct. 2025.
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