dramatized

Definition of dramatizednext
past tense of dramatize
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Verb
  • Space kills with patience, and often much more painfully than the instant deaths depicted in cinema, unfolding over seconds, days, minutes, or even years.
    Alan Bradley, Space.com, 8 May 2026
  • Pratt’s campaign video depicted a bustling, lively, and clean Los Angeles.
    Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • Price, who has represented the district since 2013, faces a dozen felony charges, including grand theft by embezzlement of public funds, conflict of interest and perjury.
    Teresa Liu, Daily News, 9 May 2026
  • Henry Waxman, a congressman who represented the city’s West Side, used the incident as a pretext to propose a bill in Congress that banned the use of federal funds for tunnelling under a large swath of Wilshire.
    Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
Verb
  • While Raman portrayed herself as the focus of attacks from both opponents, Bass’ campaign rejected that framing as a distraction from her debate performance and City Council record.
    Teresa Liu, Daily News, 8 May 2026
  • The villain-combo movie would put the breathing-apparatus Batman baddie, Bane, back on screen for his first appearance since 2012’s Christopher Nolan-directed The Dark Knight Rises, then portrayed by Tom Hardy.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • Each wavy stripe is rendered in beige leather, as well as the toe-tip.
    Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
  • The 53-year-old coach does not want to see the regular season be rendered meaningless.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
Verb
  • While Leo’s predecessors often had their words interpreted or subtitled in English, the current pope speaks in a mid-western accent, allowing his words and interventions to have a greater impact with an anglophone audience.
    Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
  • Several observers fear the sanctions are being interpreted domestically as evidence that Washington is prepared to tolerate constitutional changes so long as Tshisekedi remains aligned with US strategic interests.
    Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • Some of the greatest arias in the genre, performed flawlessly by Jonathan Tetelman.
    Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Blue Origin New Glenn mission on payload Blue Ring’s first mission with initial injection into Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO), with additional services performed in Geostationary Orbit (GEO).
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In this particular case, legal justification will flow through China's Anti-Monopoly Law, first enacted in 2008 and strengthened through amendments in 2022, and originally presented as a mechanism to ensure fair market competition.
    Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2026
  • With overwhelming bipartisan support, Indiana enacted one of the most comprehensive state-level national security laws in the country.
    Joe Gebbia Sr, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The federal judge in that case ruled that a jury could find that State Farm had acted in bad faith if the plaintiffs' lawyers demonstrated that the company ignored certain kinds of hail damage.
    Michael Copley, NPR, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The April 22 incident took place during dismissal in the Hancock County School District, which said students acted quickly to safely stop the bus, contact emergency services and remain calm until help arrived.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Dramatized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dramatized. Accessed 11 May. 2026.

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