How to Use fictionalized in a Sentence

fictionalized

adjective

• The singer is set to star as a fictionalized version of herself.
  — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 23 Jan. 2026
• And the semi-fictionalized life of Alicia Keys storms across the stage to the tune of her hits and new songs.
  — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 22 June 2026
• Martin starred as a fictionalized version of themself in the show, which aired for two seasons and received strong critical acclaim.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 4 Feb. 2026
• However, the film itself isn’t set in Sacramento, but in a fictionalized location.
  — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 22 Jan. 2026
• However, the film itself isn’t set in Sacramento, but in a fictionalized location.
  — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 12 Jan. 2026
• The book, illustrated by AJ Dungo, is a fictionalized account of real-life events.
  — Tahneer Oksman, NPR, 12 Mar. 2026
• This book gives a fictionalized account of how a plucky young boy brought that iconic tradition into existence during the 1930s.
  — Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
• In the eighth episode of the first season, Rogen's character goes to great lengths to get a fictionalized version of Zoë Kravitz to thank him in her acceptance speech.
  — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
• Requiem will also return to the blast-scarred remains of Raccoon City, the fictionalized setting that started it all with a zombie outbreak that reshaped the world.
  — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026
• And don’t forget the 2024 film Saturday Night, a fictionalized retelling of how Michaels brought the show into being.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 17 Apr. 2026
• Though the fictionalized telling of the death of William and Agnes Shakespeare’s eponymous son finds both parents wading through their grief, the mother carries more of the emotional weight.
  — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 14 Dec. 2025
• The play was hugely successful, acting as a fictionalized account of the struggles and successes of England’s football teams, based on extensive research and interviews.
  — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2025
• The setting is Niura City, likely a fictionalized Miura, Kanagawa prefecture, just south of Tokyo.
  — Blake Simons, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2026
• Mescal stars as William Shakespeare in a fictionalized account of the death of the Bard's son Hamnet, and depicts how the grief of losing a child inspired his profound tragedy Hamlet.
  — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 17 Jan. 2026
• Notably, Marty and Yoshiko didn’t get married until several years after his memoir was published, so their relationship isn’t memorialized in print or in a fictionalized way on screen.
  — Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
• The film offers a fictionalized account of the emperor’s rise to the throne after Babur’s death, conflict and alliances with the Rajputs, and his defeat at the hands of Sher Shah Suri.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Mar. 2026
• To Coimbra, some key questions involved amalgamating real-life characters into fictionalized ones while still honoring victims and survivors, as well as faithfully recreating the look and feel of the time.
  — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 6 Apr. 2026
• The movie is a fictionalized account of real-life serial killer Charles Starkweather and his teenage accomplice, Caril Ann Fugate.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
• The fictionalized version of his life, Marty Supreme has racked up a heap of nominations, including nine at the forthcoming Academy Awards in March.
  — India Roby, Architectural Digest, 27 Feb. 2026
• The film stars renegade country singer Elizabeth Cook as a fictionalized version of herself, portraying an artist navigating midlife while contending with an industry that has never fully embraced her.
  — Kennedy French, Variety, 28 Apr. 2026
• The raise comes amid a boomlet in attention for the sport, thanks to the movie Marty Supreme, which stars Timothée Chalamet as a fictionalized version of table tennis star Marty Reisman.
  — Luisa Beltran, Sportico.com, 18 Feb. 2026
• The series follows a fictionalized version of the Westies, a small Irish-American gang in the mid- to late-20th century whose ruthlessness and brutality gave them an outsized reputation.
  — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 July 2026
• The 2005 Van Sant film was an experimental and fictionalized account of a Seattle musician’s life and career, reminiscent of those of Kurt Cobain.
  — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
• Finally, layered over these two is a fictionalized account of a road trip that Enrigue made with his family to Apache historical sites, including Geronimo’s grave in Lawton, Oklahoma.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
• The crime thriller has Gray having helmed a semi-fictionalized return to his family life in mid-1980s Queens and is also a companion piece to his 2022 film Armageddon Time.
  — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026
• The sports dramedy is a fictionalized account of the real-life Marty Reisman, a five-time bronze medalist at the World Table Tennis Championships who died in 2012.
  — Abigail Lee, Variety, 13 Aug. 2025
• Set in New York City during the Gilded Age, The Witch of Wall Street is a fictionalized account of the life of Hetty Green, the city’s richest woman at the time.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026
• After Caveman, the couple also appeared in Give My Regards to Broad Street, a musical drama depicting a fictionalized day in the life of McCartney.
  — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
• That sketch dovetailed nicely with his semi-regular appearances as a fictionalized version of himself in the broad ABC comedy Don’t Trust The B—- in Apartment 23.
  — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Feb. 2026
• The film is an adaptation of the 1982 August Wilson play of the same name, and provides a fictionalized account of a dramatic Ma Rainey recording session in 1920s Chicago.
  — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025