portray
Example Sentences
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"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
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
There are many ways to portray authoritarianism, but “Two Prosecutors” is penetrating in its depiction of a society being slowly poisoned.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
I don’t have the words to explain to you how hard it is for me to sit and write this, to portray myself as if I were something special, as if I were not humble.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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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