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portray

[pawr-trey] / pɔrˈtreɪ /


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But it’s because these actors are in their 50s, and have the confidence to portray aging honestly, that the show can do what it does so well.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

What on Earth possessed Nolan, a notoriously detail-oriented director, to tap the all-purpose flour of movie stars to portray one of the most storied heroes in literature?

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

Rheon said make-up artists used heavy moisturiser to portray characters sweating - with the actual weather conditions "changeable" at best - as they filmed the BBC portrayal of Liz Jensen's bestselling novel.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

It’s difficult to portray yourself as an antiestablishment maverick when you’re going up against a man dressed as a bin.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

He didn’t care about his personal reputation if I chose to portray him inaccurately, he said, but he did care greatly about the harm any inaccuracy might do to his credibility in the medical world.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

The famous work of art, which portrays two figures running along a terraced street, can be seen at the National Museum in Cardiff.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

The film portrays Tilly as an AI being with “no real body” and lived experience but with access to everyone else’s, according to Particle 6, the London-based company behind Norwood.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 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

The company portrays itself as the goose and its portfolio companies as eggs with a message that seems to be saying SoftBank is worth more than investors believe.

From MarketWatch Jun. 25, 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

He’s typically portrayed as a socially awkward young man named Peter Parker with romantic, financial and family problems.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

The new approach comes as Arnault has grown increasingly frustrated with how he and his family are being portrayed.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Hottle, who was deaf, portrayed a young orphan named Jia in the 2021 blockbuster, and reprised the role in 2024 sequel Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

His death follows a recent trip to Ohio celebrating his work on the NBC sitcom “Sanford and Son,” on which he portrayed Officer “Smitty” Smith from 1972 to 1977.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2026

Beyond and above spread an expanse of sky, dark blue as at twilight: rising into the sky was a woman’s shape to the bust, portrayed in tints as dusk and soft as I could combine.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

It stars Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway as Odysseus and his wife Penelope, with Tom Holland portraying their son Telemachus.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

Jaafar Jackson, the singer's real-life nephew, plays the titular role, with Colman Domingo and Nia Long portraying his parents.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

"The commission is concerned that Sanofi pursued a misleading communication campaign to disparage Fluad by portraying it as inferior to Efluelda, going against national vaccination recommendations in several member states," a commission statement said.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

The commission said it was concerned Sanofi’s campaign might amount to anticompetitive disparagement by portraying a rival shot from CSL Seqirus as inferior to its own.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

In Eratosthenes’ time, globes were constructed portraying the Earth as viewed from space; they were essentially correct in the well-explored Mediterranean but became more and more inaccurate the farther they strayed from home.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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