externalize

Example Sentences

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The unnamed protagonist, known in the scripts as “M,” was so complexly drawn that Weisz is now struggling to externalize the experience of playing her.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

We actually had to cut down quite a bit of the dialogue, the chatter, and so on, and externalize a lot of the interior emotions that Martha was feeling.

From The Verge • Jun. 5, 2022

But there are certain people that become so frenzied around human beings that are compelled to externalize their inner life, and there’s a jealousy thing that drives people crazy.

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2022

What made you want to externalize it in this particular way?

From Salon • May 27, 2021

“That’s what I mean. You have to tell me everything, externalize it all for me, so I can write it.”

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen