dramatizing

present participle of dramatize

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dramatizing
Verb
  • For last weekend’s season-opening slate of games, several Texas college football teams sported ribbons of their own, in the form of a special decal on players’ helmets depicting an outline of the state of Texas with a green bow at its center.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The portrait museum has a dizzying array of galleries depicting everything from Old Hollywood to 17th-century Indigenous Americans.
    BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Christian Ulvert, the Levine Cava campaign guru now representing Democratic candidates for sheriff, tax collector and elections supervisor, said Republican turnout has his party needing to play catch up until the end and flip past election patterns on their head.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In the clip, Biles flips through the gym in a Houston Texans jersey, representing her home state and Owens.
    Stephanie Barnes, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the film — her first since portraying opera diva Maria Callas in last year’s Maria — the Oscar winner, 50, stars as Maxine, an American film director hired to make a video for a Paris fashion event amid being diagnosed with breast cancer and navigating a divorce.
    Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The museum's mission is to tell America's story by portraying people who shaped its history and culture.
    BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Many CEOs will have no choice but to devote their efforts to guessing, interpreting and trying to influence what the president wants, rather than toiling on behalf of their shareholders and customers.
    Senior Fellow, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • But you’d be forgiven for interpreting it as a reaction to those events.
    Katie Rife, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The temperature has to be so low that atoms emit no infrared radiation, rendering traditional thermal imaging ineffective.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The gamble backfired, with the LDP losing seats in parliament and rendering it unable to form a majority government even with its coalition partners.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • With only a tiny tax-credit ESA program, Missouri has lagged behind other red states in enacting robust school-choice policies.
    Kerry McDonald, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Little wonder authoritarian states were spurred by the Arab Spring into enacting draconian internet controls.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After both shows ended in 2014, Meyer focused on voice acting, lending his talents to SuperMansion (2015–2017), and Crossing Swords (2020).
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
  • This is the Oscar-winning director's first-ever acting Emmy nomination, and his daughter Francesca shared his emotional reaction to being nominated.
    Carson Blackwelder, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • During the annual Rhythm & Roots Reunion festival, Shanghai is the first to set up a stage for performing bands.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Yungblud is performing at the 2025 MTV VMAs as part of a special tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne, who died at age 76 on July 22.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
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