portray
Example Sentences
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"I was really trying to portray myself and my own personal style," said Liu, 20, in a blue costume.
From Barron's
One post portraying roadmen in Parliament got eight million views in a day, he says.
From BBC
Sensitively, the film portrays the devastation Alzheimer's disease inflicts on a patient's loved ones.
From Barron's
Dane further cemented his legacy when he portrayed Cal Jacobs in “Euphoria,” a complicated character who leads a double life, which Dane said he related to.
From Los Angeles Times
Mr. Holmes, however, portrays Tennyson as a thoughtful Victorian everyman, caught between intellectual tradition and revolution, struggling to articulate the consensus of an exciting but uneasy new age.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
