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.
Recent Examples on the Web
The biopic film will dramatize Huerta’s life for the first time, delivering a multi-faceted portrait of woman who became a movement leader, political activist, mother of 11 and dedicated environmentalist.
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Katcy Stephan, Variety, 10 Apr. 2024
The unusual sci-fi novel dramatizes a story about an ant colony in a park near Paris.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
All sorts of films find ways to acknowledge nonwhite people in Western history or to dramatize their histories elsewhere.
—Kabir Chibber, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024
Each episode will dramatize the life of a different saint, including Joan of Arc, Francis of Assisi, John the Baptist, Thomas Becket, Mary Magdalene, Moses the Black, Sebastian, and Maximillian Kolbe.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2024
The madcap champion of motormouth comedies seemingly veers weirdly off-course in dramatizing the career of the mid-nineteenth-century dentist named William Morton (played by the gruffly folksy Joel McCrea), who, despite opposition from doctors, pioneered the use of ether as an anesthetic.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
Gayles enlists a group of actors to portray him and his family, and otherwise dramatize the events portrayed in his songs.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 9 Mar. 2024
Tommy Orange weaves a fictional Cheyenne family into such real-life events as the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864, dramatizing the impact of historical events on subsequent generations of Native Americans.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2024
In dramatizing the horrific killings of oil-rich Osage tribespeople by murderously greedy white men, our reigning master of the American crime epic directs his gaze and ours toward America’s foundational crimes.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
Katcy Stephan, Variety, 10 Apr. 2024
The unusual sci-fi novel dramatizes a story about an ant colony in a park near Paris.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
All sorts of films find ways to acknowledge nonwhite people in Western history or to dramatize their histories elsewhere.
—Kabir Chibber, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024
Each episode will dramatize the life of a different saint, including Joan of Arc, Francis of Assisi, John the Baptist, Thomas Becket, Mary Magdalene, Moses the Black, Sebastian, and Maximillian Kolbe.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2024
The madcap champion of motormouth comedies seemingly veers weirdly off-course in dramatizing the career of the mid-nineteenth-century dentist named William Morton (played by the gruffly folksy Joel McCrea), who, despite opposition from doctors, pioneered the use of ether as an anesthetic.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
Gayles enlists a group of actors to portray him and his family, and otherwise dramatize the events portrayed in his songs.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 9 Mar. 2024
Tommy Orange weaves a fictional Cheyenne family into such real-life events as the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864, dramatizing the impact of historical events on subsequent generations of Native Americans.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2024
In dramatizing the horrific killings of oil-rich Osage tribespeople by murderously greedy white men, our reigning master of the American crime epic directs his gaze and ours toward America’s foundational crimes.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
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“Dramatize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dramatize. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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