- present tense form of portray (3rd person singular).
portrays
Example Sentences
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Sometimes he portrays her as a shrew, whining last year about how he’d be “in trouble” if he forgot to mention their anniversary during a speech.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
Charlie Hunnam, who appeared in the third installment of “Monster,” portrays her wealthy but ultimately unfortunate father Andrew Borden, and Rebecca Hall plays his second wife, Abby Borden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
He tells the BBC the film portrays "the human condition", with the characters living in "the apocalypse" but "still looking for something else and hoping for something else".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Those practices weren’t, as Ms. Van Erem’s disclosure portrays them, the good old days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Still, I believe that this book as a whole truthfully portrays Fannie Sellins’s life and her commitment to working people.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
