portrayed
Example Sentences
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Mars is often portrayed as a dry, lifeless desert, but it is far more active than it appears.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
“We don’t want to be portrayed as: ‘Students don’t want to get B’s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Hurt made her film debut in Woody Allen’s 1978 drama, “Interiors,” where she portrayed the directionless would-be artist Joey opposite her more successful siblings Renata and Flyn, played by Diane Keaton and Kristin Griffith, respectively.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
"The 'Japan' portrayed in an anime world is often quite different from how Japanese society is", said Marika Sato, a 29-year-old who works in marketing in Tokyo.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
In the wake of the first Earth Day in 1970, a group named Keep America Beautiful, Inc., put up billboards that portrayed an actor in Indian dress quietly weeping over polluted land.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
