Example Sentences

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"Netflix is plainly desperate to sensationalise every minute of Mr Combs's life, without regard for truth, in order to capitalise on a never-ending media frenzy," the statement said.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

The Chinese embassy in Zimbabwe dismissed the accusations, saying foreigners and Chinese people were treated equally and it was “harmful to sensationalise incidents”.

From The Guardian • Apr. 13, 2020

“The Crown is a fiction. No one knows any conversation between members of the royal family, but people will tell the story the way they want to and sensationalise it.”

From The Guardian • Nov. 11, 2019

The news focuses on the violence and anger because it is easy to sensationalise, but all that does is drive people's opinion against the whole of the community.

From BBC • May 17, 2018

It is challenging to neither sensationalise nor sanitise.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2013