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Because these stories have to dramatize a search for normalcy, its leads tend to be awkward in ways that strain credulity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

These dramatize Günter’s contentious but rewarding tutelage under Freud and his erratic marriage to one of Freud’s patients, a Jewish woman named Josine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

As Frederica observes, the “intrinsic problem in writing about artists” is how to dramatize the “battle with the colors and forms.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Sophocles’ “Antigone” and Euripides’ “Suppliant Women” dramatize tensions between personal morality, state power and democratic rights.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2025

So we have come here today to dramatize an appalling condition....

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

Along one wall, a 19th-century trompe l’oeil screen dramatizes the classical gentlemanly taste that dominated among Neo-Confucian elites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

An all-female cast dramatizes this inspiring American story.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025

That shaving scene referenced earlier dramatizes why this and other supposedly neutral policies painfully disfavor some people without diving into a medical manual.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2025

She was dropped by her publisher and resigned from several boards she served on after “When They See Us,” which dramatizes the events surrounding the trial, debuted.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

It dramatizes sound with unique artistic rhythm and design.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

There was a church on site, although this moment in the film was dramatized.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

The playwrights of Athens dramatized the tragic tales of kings, including Xerxes of Persia, whose overweening ambitions led the rulers to ruin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026

Melies ended up as a toy seller in Paris’ Gare Montparnasse train station -- a story that was dramatized in Martin Scorsese’s 2011 film, "Hugo."

From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026

But in 2026, everything can be dramatized until we’re numb to the truth of what we’re seeing.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026

The aura of science and medical research was meticulously maintained, often dramatized to achieve an even greater effect on public imagination.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

He was the latest in a series of internet personalities targeted in Mexico, dramatizing the potential dangers of social media presence and commentary.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Major YouTube and TikTok creators—most without any legal background whatsoever—pumped out hundreds of videos dramatizing each step of the trial.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026

The costly behind-the-scenes chaos illustrates the risks in dramatizing the life of a controversial real person.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

Why was it important to you to tell this story as a documentary versus dramatizing it?

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2024

As we walk the rest of the way home from school we take turns reading them out loud, dramatizing the parts like radio plays, pausing to shriek with laughter.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood