dramatize
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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
The Progress Action Fund video doesn’t just dramatize fear.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2025
"Because I don't think we ought to dramatize our differences."
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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Ms. Kingsolver dramatizes it by way of a village recital, turning to music to evoke the feelings that straightforward exposition would heavy-handedly summarize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
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
A play about the burning and bulldozing of homes on Indigenous land in Palm Springs dramatizes the lives of those who found sanctuary there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2024
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
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The case of Los Primos has dramatized the proliferation of graft in the armed forces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Here’s what is true and what is dramatized in “Pressure.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 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
Later, Archie had to concede that Brother Leon had dramatized the sale too vividly and therefore put himself and The Vigils and the entire school on the spot.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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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
Cristina Rivera Garza’s “Autobiography of Cotton” begins by dramatizing a 1934 agricultural strike in northern Mexico.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Why was it important to you to tell this story as a documentary versus dramatizing it?
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2024
With a few notable exceptions, the result is often over the top or absurd, in part because it’s hard to dramatize an industry already busy dramatizing itself.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 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
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