portray
Example Sentences
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They portray him as the mastermind of a scheme of illicit enrichment.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
“If we’re gonna portray them, we might as well share the creations with the community that we’re inspired by, right?”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
Getting that recognition required her to portray a chauvinist’s version of a sitcom character that was beneath her on a show about another show.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
“New Humans” refuses to condemn innovation for its harms, but also doesn’t portray any step forward as an unalloyed good.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
“They give us the option to leave, then trap us so that they can later use it against us and portray us as unreasonable. Irrational.”
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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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