presentational

Example Sentences

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Elordi takes over the telling of his tale, often running counter to the presentational grandiosity that a new “Frankenstein” would seem to require.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2025

In the absence of any real developments, attention in Ukraine turned to the presentational aspects of the summit – the "optics", in political speak.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025

The Lyon experience was flatter, more presentational than lived — and also confusing.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2023

In 2020, longtime military graphics collector Tim Hwang launched a Twitter account, @DefenseCharts, a feed “dedicated to the presentational aesthetics of the defense-industrial complex.”

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2023

The films all home in on this distinction between a presentational online persona and the actual self.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2022