How to Use fictionalize in a Sentence

fictionalize

verb

• Her books are based in fact, but she fictionalizes many of the events.
• The book is a fictionalized account of their travels.
• Picked you as an outline and then fictionalized from there.
  — Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
• The case was later fictionalized in a series of true-crime books and movies.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
• There’s something about fictionalizing your grief that gives way to joy.
  — Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
• Does fictionalizing these feelings serve as a sort of bridge?
  — Julia Felsenthal, Vogue, 1 May 2018
• While based on true events, the podcast is partly fictionalized.
  — Megan Stringer, Axios, 15 July 2024
• Has Speck been fictionalized in other works?
  — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
• The team went to lengths to make sure their series, although fictionalized, felt authentic.
  — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2025
• Chaves confirms that the table tennis part of the story is fictionalized.
  — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
• Also not fictionalized for the TV show are the oh-so-real river views.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2023
• Were those real or fictionalized?
  — Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
• The original film isn't the only time her story has been fictionalized, either.
  — Jessica Sager, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
• The author maintained that the core of the tale is authentic despite fictionalizing names and dates.
  — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Apr. 2026
• The comedy-drama kicks off with a title card stating it is inspired by true events but also fictionalized.
  — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2026
• Netflix clearly states that the series is fictionalized, but it is based in reality.
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 14 Aug. 2023
• Writers be fictionalizing in these streets.
  — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
• On the one hand, courts recognize that not every person or product must be fictionalized in film and TV.
  — Danny Cevallos, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2018
• Instead, the judge found that the state essentially fictionalized a story of chaos and turmoil in the workplace as a result of the post.
  — Scott Maxwell, Sun Sentinel, 28 May 2026
• There are other, more significant aspects to Howard’s story arc in the film that are fictionalized.
  — Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 14 Nov. 2025
• Episode by episode, the show would document (and fictionalize) the downfalls of men in power in Hollywood.
  — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 7 May 2018
• The story, already heavily fictionalized for the stage, does not depend on (and is already halfway unmoored from) facts.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
• On the other hand, her choice to fictionalize this history gives her license to do a little editing, from which the book might have benefitted.
  — Elizabeth Toohey, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2017
• In the show, Molly’s husband is fictionalized, is named Steve, and is played by Jay Duplass.
  — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 7 Apr. 2025
• The show, which fictionalizes the life of Betty Boop, will conclude its run on July 13.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 25 June 2025
• In recent years, there has been a growing awareness of the effect that true crime stories, however fictionalized, can have on the people involved.
  — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2024
• But the disclaimer implies that the film is essentially true, whereas all biopics are fictionalized, usually to a high degree.
  — Terry Teachout, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2018
• Jean’s story is fictionalized, but Oakley and her crew brought historic elements of the time period.
  — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
• In their version, the filmmakers spin a stylish and entirely fictionalized yarn, using the juror room construct as a Lumet homage.
  — Tomris Laffly, Variety, 11 June 2025
• While the film’s setting is fictionalized and meant to depict homelessness as something that can happen to anyone, anywhere, there’s no question where this movie was filmed.
  — Graham Womack, Sacramento Bee, 27 Feb. 2025