dramatizing

present participle of dramatize

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dramatizing
Verb
  • More in Culture Photo Album Take a look at these photos of the week, depicting medieval armored combat in France, an early harvest in Romania, and more.
    Stephanie Bai, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
  • There’s the lively battle scene depicting the nobleman Charles Stanhope defending Jamaica (which had been made a British territory in 1655 and remained one until 1962) from France, the United States’ ally in the Revolutionary War.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2026
Verb
  • Huston, a 10-time Summer X Games street gold medalist, competed Saturday as part of the inaugural X Games League format, representing Team New York.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 28 June 2026
  • The prize is a bracelet with various charms representing FIFA competitors and their host countries.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 28 June 2026
Verb
  • And another person portraying General Washington was on hand to work the crowd.
    Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 27 June 2026
  • In portraying the fraught relationship between a young lesbian and her conservative mother, animation becomes both a barrier and a bridge, shielding lived trauma while reaching toward reconciliation and love.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • High-school students could read this without needing to spend time interpreting the text’s direct meaning.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 June 2026
  • Yet interpreting those rules can be almost as challenging as trying to whack the ball toward the flagstick.
    Jared Perlo, NBC news, 21 June 2026
Verb
  • Officers found a victim suffering from a gunshot wound and immediately began rendering aid.
    Richard Ramos, CBS News, 28 June 2026
  • Officers began rendering medical aid until emergency medical crews arrived.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2026
Verb
  • Essentially, the second apron is acting as a hard cap, which is undeniably what the NBA envisioned when enacting these rules.
    Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • Behind each charge was a person enacting the king’s design.
    Robert Parkinson, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez, the brother of acting President Delcy Rodríguez, said on Sunday that more than 12,000 people have been displaced by the earthquakes and 774 buildings have been damaged or destroyed, including hospitals.
    Alfredo Meza, CNN Money, 29 June 2026
  • Our failure so far to force major Iranian concessions is the strongest possible indictment of the president’s decision to appoint Bill Pulte as the acting director of national intelligence, a man whose career includes no experience in any national security field.
    Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2026
Verb
  • When a company is performing well, investors assume success will continue.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • Rolling Stone and Page Six report that Nicks is performing at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding next week, on July 3, at Madison Square Garden.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 27 June 2026
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“Dramatizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dramatizing. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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