dramatized

Definition of dramatizednext
past tense of dramatize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dramatized
Verb
  • As depicted in the film, the real Kelley also got to know Goring’s family, delivering letters from the German military man to his wife.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Hatchie is the project of Harriette Pilbeam, one part dream-pop, another shoegaze, and which, earlier in her career, the Australian singer and songwriter depicted as a creative mashup of Cocteau Twins with Kylie Minogue.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • That, combined with a decisive second-half performance, represented the good in Sunday’s matchup, the part that may give fans hope about a return trip to the NCAA Tournament.
    Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Last year, that number grew to 32, again in Lima, and this year there were 68 nations represented at The Fort, Broward County’s 43-court pickleball palace.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The first adaptation of author Mary Shelley's classic 1818 novel came in 1931, when Boris Karloff portrayed the monster in Frankenstein.
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
  • On the big screen, Harford cared for Sandra Dee’s Rosalie Stocker in The Wild and the Innocent (1959) and portrayed the opportunistic older sister of Natalie Wood’s unstable title character in Inside Daisy Clover (1965), the melodrama directed by Robert Mulligan.
    Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Majumdar’s characters’ choices would carry greater weight if the conditions constraining them were rendered with equal depth.
    Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 8 Nov. 2025
  • However, the on-screen star rendered her bob era no more shortly after the film wrapped.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • That fear can contribute to impulsive decisions, overtrading, and emotional fatigue - outcomes sometimes interpreted as personal failure rather than a response to the way risk is structured.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Indeed, the removal of Maduro could be interpreted as a slap in the face for Beijing, given a high-ranking Chinese delegation was hosted in his Caracas palace just hours earlier.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Wearing a Tom Ford tuxedo, the prince posed on the green carpet alongside singers Mendes and Minogue, who both performed at his late mother Queen Elizabeth II's 92nd birthday London concert in 2018.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • That was when the practice began of parents withholding food from children who performed badly on their pre-exams as an incentive to study harder.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Congress enacted the enhanced Obamacare subsidies during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 12 Nov. 2025
  • In the past few years, multiple states have introduced or enacted legislation that relaxes child-labor laws; in Iowa, for example, a fourteen-year-old now has the opportunity to work in an industrial laundry or a meat freezer.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Ohio's state House passed the Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act in late 2025, but has not been acted on in the state Senate.
    Jolene Almendarez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Authorities acted swiftly, issuing an urgent public alert and launching a search in the woods near her home.
    Outside, Outside, 6 Jan. 2026
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“Dramatized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dramatized. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.

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