Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dramatizing
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In contrast to the gown’s sparkling neutral backdrop, black rhinestones depicting a tranquil mountain forest scene crawled up Hudson’s sides to her chest, around her hips, and down to her knees.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
15 Mar. 2026 -
Close-ups on framed photographs depicting Devora’s younger, more graceful self offer less a sense of history than ambient suspense.—
Lé Baltar,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2026
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After years of legal battles with several groups representing Americans wanting to give up their citizenship, the department on Friday published a final rule in the Federal Register that reduces the cost from $2,350 to $450.—
Matthew Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2026
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After years of legal battles with several groups representing Americans wanting to give up their citizenship, the department on Friday published a final rule in the Federal Register that reduces the cost from $2,350 to $450.—
Matthew Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
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How did the creative team approach portraying the internet from an aesthetic point of view?—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Mar. 2026
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Starring Béjo, produced by Wild Bunch TV and Palermo Production, on the biggest plays at the Upfront, moving from Belle Epoque Paris to New York and early Hollywood, portraying real-life fiction cinema visionary Alice Guy, erased from history.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
13 Mar. 2026
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The Iranian sailors are interpreting operational instructions, manuals and logs for their Sri Lankan counterparts.—
Bharatha Mallawarachi,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The performances play as variations on a theme — musicians interpreting the same songbook standard in a different key.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Mar. 2026
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Her old septic system was not designed to handle the soggy soil in her leach field, rendering the system unusable for six months out of the year.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
14 Mar. 2026
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Despite the contrivance, Jewson makes fascinating theater out of this, flipping the archetypal image of the ballerina, and therefore femininity, on its head and rendering it as a kind of weapon, forged by years of putting up with enormous pain, against a world beset by patriarchal violence.—
Lé Baltar,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2026
Verb
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While Congress recently took an important step by enacting PBM reform, that alone will not fix the systemic delays and denials facing cancer patients today.—
Alex Mejia Garcia,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2026
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Guatemala is close to enacting its first film law.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2026
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Whether singing, acting, or creating a character, Julian demonstrated a deep understanding of storytelling and stagecraft.—
Heide Janssen,
Oc Register,
15 Mar. 2026
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Elsewhere, international movies like Norway’s Sentimental Value and Brazil’s The Secret Agent have had good showings, ending up in both the Best Picture and acting races as well.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
15 Mar. 2026
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The ceremony kicked off with Alana Haim (of the band Haim and also a co-star on the movie with Zendaya) performing a DJ set.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
15 Mar. 2026
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Egyptian immigrants Azzam and Samra Ahmed are padding their savings by performing for bots in their one-bedroom apartment in Pasadena.—
NILESH CHRISTOPHER LOS ANGELES TIMES,
Arkansas Online,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Dramatizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dramatizing. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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