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Because these stories have to dramatize a search for normalcy, its leads tend to be awkward in ways that strain credulity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

As Frederica observes, the “intrinsic problem in writing about artists” is how to dramatize the “battle with the colors and forms.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 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

The Progress Action Fund video doesn’t just dramatize fear.

From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2025

"Because I don't think we ought to dramatize our differences."

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

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

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

John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” dramatized the suffering and exploitation of farmers migrating to California from the drought-ridden Dust Bowl of Oklahoma.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 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

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

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2024

When Romeo was in fifth grade, he and a friend performed in a school skit, dramatizing a page from her life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 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