fictionalized
Example Sentences
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Fictionalized histories play with the truth, hence the hedges that filmmakers stick on movies, that they’re “inspired by” or “based on” the truth.
From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2022
"It’s such a unique thing. Fictionalized versions of this have appeared in the past, like Black Panther, but this is the real story."
From Reuters • Sep. 8, 2022
Fictionalized catfishing storylines can make for such compelling storytelling that onscreen portrayals of this phenomenon are almost the "clickbait" of streaming these days.
From Salon • Sep. 7, 2021
Fictionalized accounts of real tragedy are not impenetrable.
From Washington Times • Sep. 15, 2015
Fictionalized biography is at best a bastard literary form, at worst as silly and hoked-up as, say, U.S. cinema's recent contribution to the biography of Frederic Chopin, A Song to Remember.
From Time Magazine Archive
