dramatize

Example Sentences

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Each step of this increasingly surreal tale dramatizes—that is, gives form to—an act of vanishing.

From The Wall Street Journal

John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” dramatized the suffering and exploitation of farmers migrating to California from the drought-ridden Dust Bowl of Oklahoma.

From The Wall Street Journal

The answer to that question is what “The Pitt” attempts to dramatize in “5:00 p.m.,”

From Los Angeles Times

It is a work of theater, dramatizing feelings, as the earlier Disney staging attempted.

From Los Angeles Times

In dramatizing the moment to his own benefit, Jackson provoked hostility from King’s widow and others in the movement’s leadership that lasted decades.

From Los Angeles Times