dramatizing

present participle of dramatize

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dramatizing
Verb
  • Human runners, wearing 7-foot-tall foam costumes with goofy faces and colorful features depicting a Bratwurst, Polish, Italian, Hot Dog and Chorizo, race each other around home plate on the warning track.
    Don Riddell, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • São Bento train station, often regarded as one of the world’s most beautiful transit hubs, features walls adorned with thousands of blue-and-white tiles depicting historical scenes.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • About 34 concerned parents — representing over 40 children enrolled in the center — signed a letter to Alverno and United Community Center leadership sharing their disappointment with the unclear timeline.
    Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Each metric was graded on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the most favorable conditions for small-city residents.
    Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In 2010—back when the same Republican Party that now flags the dangers of food dyes and seed oils was portraying Let’s Move!
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The White House has also continued to troll House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries with AI videos portraying Jeffries in a sombrero and fake mustache.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • However, the video also shows King Charles and Kate Middleton sitting down while the guests clapped, which people are interpreting as a snub.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The new puzzles are more complex than those from 2019, sometimes requiring the application of multiple rules, reasoning for multiple steps, or interpreting symbols.
    Matthew Hutson, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • What about the Black artist who, like countless artists before, has his own reasons for rendering nature?
    Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
  • After allegedly fleeing the scene without rendering aid or calling authorities, the Louisiana native was charged with negligent homicide, felony hit-and-run and reckless operation of a vehicle.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Republic could not get a straightforward answer to the question of how much money was being put toward enacting the plan's recommendations, despite multiple interviews and emailed requests to state employees charged with implementing them.
    Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The league this season is enacting several parts of the new collective bargaining agreement even those the full CBA doesn’t go into effect until the 2026-27 season.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Five years later Augusta had a stroke, with Ed acting as primary caretaker.
    JR Radcliffe, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Henson eventually stepped away from acting, and, according to his LinkedIn profile, earned an MFA from Columbia University in 2015.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Brewers ranked a more respectable 12th in slugging percentage, and some of their most dynamic hitters were either not performing or not yet on the team early in the season.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Dupieux’s films always feature prestigious French casts and have become a reference for young cinephiles, performing well at the local box office and selling around the world.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
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