dramatizes

Definition of dramatizesnext
present tense third-person singular of dramatize

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • The short clip, posted on YouTube by COMA — the Chinatown Organization for Media Awakening — depicts director Jia Zhangke encountering an AI version of himself, leading to a conversation that blends humor with philosophical commentary on filmmaking in the age of artificial intelligence.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The 1973 black-and-white image, by an artist named Larry Williams, depicts a man being punched in the nose.
    Eva Remijan-Toba, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • His show represents one of the most significant archives of conversations with major literary powerhouses from the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
  • An Olympic medal represents years of sacrifice and training.
    Lee Ying Shan,Sydney Goh, CNBC, 16 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Non-pro Bastian Escobar plays the boy and Hugo Ramírez, also a non-pro, portrays his father.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Jones portrays the fierce warrior Prince Vlad of Wallachia, who goes on to become the mythical Dracula.
    Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • It is not presented as a tool that simply processes hours, but as an instrument that interprets the meaning of those hours in each legal and contractual context.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
  • For women, the brand interprets Future Memory through liberty blues, heritage plaids and silhouettes with strong shoulders.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Hadi tells an engaging story, brings complex and surprising characters to life, lends a locale an aesthetic iconography, and renders personal identity inextricable from the forces of history that shaped or deformed it.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Visit our website To illustrate this, Glaucon told the story of the Ring of Gyges—a mythical magical ring that renders the wearer invisible, much like the One Ring of power in the Lord of the Rings.
    Paul Rosenzweig, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • What Senate Bill 1 says about citizenship Senate Bill 1 makes changes to state law that comply with the new federal law and enacts several layers of reporting non-citizens to the federal government.
    Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Mauritanian survivor Koumba Diabaté enacts a beat-for-beat recreation of his Casino Royale fantasies in the Imperial Sky Villa of the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino.
    Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • But focusing exclusively on how a body part looks can overshadow what matters more—how your body performs and feels.
    Ciara Lucas, SELF, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Lenderman performs his hero’s songs quite often on the road.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Dramatizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dramatizes. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.

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