presentational

Example Sentences

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I find that playwrights are often at their liveliest when writing in a presentational mood.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

Saturday's release was more orderly, but retained the presentational elements that sought to project that Hamas remains the governing force in Gaza.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2025

But the heated discussion the sisters have over and around the ingredients strains the play’s naturalism, as does the more presentational performances that the director, Rebecca Martínez, encourages.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2023

In 2020, longtime military graphics collector Tim Hwang launched a Twitter account, @DefenseCharts, a feed “dedicated to the presentational aesthetics of the defense-industrial complex.”

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2023

The films all home in on this distinction between a presentational online persona and the actual self.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2022