portray
Example Sentences
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We must discuss the actual babies who portray Bohdi — their names are River and Graham.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
As Salon has previously reported, experts emphasize measles isn’t just a fever and a rash as anti-vaccine influencers portray online.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
"It became clear that Garfield had intended to portray himself as a victim to make the real victim in this case look like an offender."
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
They portray him as the mastermind of a scheme of illicit enrichment.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
Perhaps they have a different sort of spaceship or ray gun, but in battle—and science fiction loves to portray battles between civilizations—they and we are rather evenly matched.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing portray
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 6
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 4
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