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dramatize

[dram-uh-tahyz, drah-muh-] / ˈdræm əˌtaɪz, ˈdrɑ mə- /


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They chose to dramatize key exchanges between Fielder and his subjects with re-enactments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

And I think it was interesting to try and find levels to it and to have the audience come with you, but not dramatize or exaggerate an emotion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

In its second section, the novel flashes forward to dramatize an academic symposium organized to honor Thomas after his death.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

“We had to dramatize this thing that everybody’s been so afraid of, which is dragon-on-dragon war,” said showrunner Ryan Condal, who wrote the episode.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2025

There is a moment just before the Communion when members of the congregation shake hands to dramatize a union.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

Along one wall, a 19th-century trompe l’oeil screen dramatizes the classical gentlemanly taste that dominated among Neo-Confucian elites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

That shaving scene referenced earlier dramatizes why this and other supposedly neutral policies painfully disfavor some people without diving into a medical manual.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2025

Betty represents tangible reality while Norma embodies seductive illusion in a musical that dramatizes the unfair fight between them for Joe’s jaded soul.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2024

She was dropped by her publisher and resigned from several boards she served on after “When They See Us,” which dramatizes the events surrounding the trial, debuted.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

It dramatizes sound with unique artistic rhythm and design.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

“We go there, and the first security guard says, ‘Oh, you can’t come in,’” Garelick recalled about the real moment, which was dramatized almost identically.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

America dramatized one part of the British inheritance; Canada institutionalized another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

There was a church on site, although this moment in the film was dramatized.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

Melies ended up as a toy seller in Paris’ Gare Montparnasse train station -- a story that was dramatized in Martin Scorsese’s 2011 film, "Hugo."

From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026

The aura of science and medical research was meticulously maintained, often dramatized to achieve an even greater effect on public imagination.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Webb score is subtle and insinuating, but it could also be explosive, as in the devastating discovery cue dramatizing the heroine’s realization that she is being poisoned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The costly behind-the-scenes chaos illustrates the risks in dramatizing the life of a controversial real person.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

It is a work of theater, dramatizing feelings, as the earlier Disney staging attempted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

Why was it important to you to tell this story as a documentary versus dramatizing it?

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2024

When Hale was on the stand, he gestured wildly, dramatizing how the electricity had allegedly jolted his body.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann


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