dramatize

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Recent Examples of dramatize That was a play which, in the first act, dramatized this famous Victorian song. Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024 The film dramatizes the Štrpci massacre of 1993, when 24 Bosniak Muslims were pulled off a train by a Serbian paramilitary group and only one man, the Croatian Tomo Buzov, stood up against the attackers. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2024 Bob Dylan is weighing in publicly for the first time on an upcoming biopic set to dramatize his early career. Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024 Part of the challenge here was to dramatize waiting. Dennis Zhou, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dramatize 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dramatize
Verb
  • Murals depicting stories from Hindu scriptures are painted on the city walls.
    Fox News, Fox News, 13 Jan. 2025
  • John McPhee, in an essay published in 2009, depicted fact checking as a pursuit bordering on mania.
    Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Earthquake magnitudes are measured on a logarithmic scale, meaning each whole number increase represents a tenfold increase in power of the seismic waves, resulting in approximately 31.6 times more energy released.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
  • This means that today's versions represent their least capable state.
    Timothy Papandreou, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The law has traditionally been interpreted to mean that the election is required in both initiation methods, according to education lawyers consulted by the Star-Telegram.
    Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Jan. 2025
  • All the models correctly interpreted parts of the drawing, according to the study—however, none of them expressed concern that the boy was about to fall.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • As the Tony winner took her final bow, the Greatest Showman star was there to capture it all — alongside acting legend Carol Burnett, who portrayed Foster's character in the original production of the show.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Rabe, 42, will portray mother Helena Alving, and Linklater, 48, will act as Engstrand — a carpenter hired by Helena to construct an orphanage to commemorate her late husband.
    Luke Chinman, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The Visual Medium Has a Message How does the medium in which an image is rendered, its materiality, shape our perception of the subject matter?
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Some have suggested a reduction of as much as 95% in nicotine from what's currently found on the market, essentially rendering them nonaddictive.
    Tina Reed, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Suppose the United States eliminates methane rules and/or enacts tariffs.
    Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • People who want to see tangible change within their own communities should encourage their state lawmakers to enact similar programs – which are already in various stages of development in New York, Oregon, Maryland, Vermont, and Pennsylvania—and vote for local candidates who are pro-climate.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Rod Wave Rod Wave will perform at the American Airlines Center in Dallas as part of his Last Lap tour on Saturday, January 18.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Jan. 2025
  • With this capability, Schaeffler can perform returnable account matching with the help of machine learning models and automate the matching process by activating line-item matching.
    Forbes, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Thousands of customers just got this Bioderma micellar water that acts as a gentle cleanser and makeup remover, and another lot of shoppers picked up this Verb shampoo and conditioner that’s hardly ever on sale.
    Clara McMahon, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Biden acted according to a lunatic double standard.
    Matthew Continetti, National Review, 11 Jan. 2025

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