- present tense form of portray (3rd person singular).
portrays
Example Sentences
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A film like “Maddie’s Secret” accurately portrays idolization and enabling with as much horror as it should.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
Motoki portrays Murashige as curiously recessive — someone who has laid waste to myriad foes and has now lost his taste for bloodshed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Instead of presenting history as either flawless or irredeemably broken, she portrays the United States as an ongoing democratic experiment whose greatest strength lies in its ability to reform itself.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
Relying primarily on the collections of the New York Historical, “Democracy Matters” portrays the promise, changing contours and limits of American democracy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Objects he’s got, color he’s learning, but he's still feeling dissatisfied with the way he portrays the human figure.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
