How to Use dramatization in a Sentence
dramatization
noun-
The new film may be the umpteenth dramatization of the book, but so what?
— By anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2019 -
Here is Blacquière’s dramatization of the change in size of that top block of adwords.
— Tim O'Reilly, Quartz, 17 July 2019 -
Haghighi was taken aback: the story was a dramatization of an episode from his own life.
— Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022 -
But, of course, like any Lifetime movie, there's sure to be some dramatization.
— Alex Warner, Marie Claire, 14 May 2018 -
The video is an out-of-context dramatization made as a training video.
— Emiliano Tahui Gómez, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2022 -
The Queen and Netflix’s current series dramatization of her life in The Crown.
— Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2022 -
The Falklands War takes center stage—albeit with a heavy dose of dramatization—in episodes four and five.
— Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2020 -
Evan Peters plays the title role in this dramatization of the killer’s story.
— Andy Meek, BGR, 20 Sep. 2022 -
The appetite for the dramatization of the lives of young British royalty seems to be limitless at the moment.
— Andrew R. Chow, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2018 -
How involved was each hero in the dramatization of their story?
— Gregory Wakeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2022 -
Back on earth, there is a very funny dramatization of the events happening on the spaceship.
— Clark Collis, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2022 -
Even though it’s broken into one-hour episodes, the thought of an eight-hour dramatization of Franklin’s life might seem like a little too much Ree.
— David Browne, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2021 -
The film is a dramatization of the plight of refugees stranded on the natural border between Poland and Belarus.
— Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2023 -
That makes sense, of course; the royal’s real-life blend of beauty, charm, and pathos makes her story ripe for dramatization.
— Emma Specter, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2022 -
Lifetime is at it again with the rapid-onset dramatization.
— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 June 2021 -
But the show’s deeper appeal lies less in its depiction of the spoils of success than in its dramatization of the actual work.
— Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2024 -
And in different genres, no less, with one a docuseries and the other a dramatization.
— Andy Meek, BGR, 6 June 2022 -
The most stunning lapse is captured in both dramatizations.
— Gordon Mehler, The Atlantic, 20 May 2017 -
But last week a group of stars gathered at Riverside Church for a dramatization based on the special counsel’s report.
— Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker, 1 July 2019 -
Who is the real woman behind the true crime dramatization?
— Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 27 Oct. 2022 -
Perfect, like GLOW, was a dramatization of real-life events.
— Rachel Syme, New Republic, 30 June 2017 -
No edits, no dramatizations of the past, and no interviews.
— Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 15 June 2019 -
The musical is a dramatization of what happened to Frank during the trial and after.
— Town & Country, 22 Feb. 2023 -
And the great thing about getting to explore it further in a second season is the inner voice is the dramatization of the eating disorder.
— Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 6 Aug. 2021 -
Based on its first two episodes, this dramatization of the Edgar Award-winning 2014 mystery novel of the same title is the Stephen King adaptation to watch this summer.
— Mike Hale, New York Times, 25 May 2017 -
The movie, a dramatization of life in the Chino prison, depicts friendships forged across racial lines and built on trust and interdependence.
— Dana Walters, The Conversation, 14 June 2019 -
Over time, this new level of dramatization will become more comfortable for you and will no longer feel like a boundary push.
— Stephanie Judd, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023 -
Still, pitching a dramatization of the fallout from a disaster three decades old was going to be an uphill climb.
— John Koblin, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2023 -
The streamer is finding itself in the hot seat more often thanks to more robust legal challenges to the dramatization of real-life events and stories.
— Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2024 -
But dramatizations of true crime and recent history have become his brand.
— Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
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