fictionalize
Example Sentences
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I expected, given the title and the opening scene, to read a novel that picks from the popular theories of Marilyn’s death and fictionalizes how those could have happened.
From Los Angeles Times
Ms. Snider’s libretto fictionalizes and extrapolates from the historical record.
Ben Hania’s last film was another bold meshing of the factual and the fictionalized, the hybridized Oscar-nominated documentary “Four Daughters,” in which a real Tunisian family processes personal tragedy through role-playing for the director’s camera.
From Los Angeles Times
One by one, the queer and trans cast members share fictionalized personal stories, harking back to childhood moments before any declaration of identity was possible.
From Los Angeles Times
One of the many great scenes in The Big Short, which fictionalizes famed investor Michael Burry’s bet against the U.S. housing market, involves a tower of wooden blocks.
From Barron's
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