portray
Example Sentences
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Mahan, on the other hand, tried mightily to portray himself as being above the dirty business of politics.
From Los Angeles Times
Prosecutors portrayed Rogers’s alleged dealings with Chinese intelligence as a battleground in what Beijing has called a financial war.
Not even when Ola takes over the Nora role, nor when she and her estranged husband have to portray the breakup scene in the play.
But then the creatives behind “Wonder Man” reached out to him with a “crazy idea”: They wanted him to portray an outlandish alternate version of himself in a cautionary tale about superpower-fueled Hollywood celebrity.
From Los Angeles Times
Normally scrolling through it, one will usually find a seemingly endless stream of advice, tips and tricks that portray a very curated version of motherhood.
From Salon
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