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dramatize

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


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Robert Harris employs this fictional memoir to dramatize the long relationship between Agrippa and Augustus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

These dramatize Günter’s contentious but rewarding tutelage under Freud and his erratic marriage to one of Freud’s patients, a Jewish woman named Josine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

The answer to that question is what “The Pitt” attempts to dramatize in “5:00 p.m.,”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026

Sophocles’ “Antigone” and Euripides’ “Suppliant Women” dramatize tensions between personal morality, state power and democratic rights.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2025

Now, I doctored this passage to make it bewilderingly incoherent, just to dramatize the topic of this chapter.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Caesars Sportsbook’s new NFL-season campaign dramatizes changes to its app by giving former Green Bay Packers star Clay Matthews a looksmaxxing makeover.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The case of Los Primos has dramatized the proliferation of graft in the armed forces.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

The long, arduous path to freedom for a man on death row is dramatized in “The Fear of 13,” a modestly affecting but plodding documentary-based play first seen at London’s prestigious Donmar Warehouse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 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

A reciprocal relationship between people and clergy is dramatized as the congregation takes an active role in the recitation of the mass.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

Major YouTube and TikTok creators—most without any legal background whatsoever—pumped out hundreds of videos dramatizing each step of the trial.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 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

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

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2024

With a few notable exceptions, the result is often over the top or absurd, in part because it’s hard to dramatize an industry already busy dramatizing itself.

From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 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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