theatricalize

Example Sentences

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Instead of trying to theatricalize its story through finding playable action, The Inheritance tries to solve the problem of adapting a literary work through emphasizing its literariness.

From Slate • Dec. 12, 2019

Though all were powerful, they faced a common difficulty: How to theatricalize in one gesture both individual devastation and collective disaster.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2018

And not only to vote but also to theatricalize their public commitment to voting.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2018

Unlike in, say, “Stuffed,” in which the comedian Lisa Lampanelli looked at her body issues, there are no attempts to theatricalize the production.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2018

And he was so funny that I did not have to theatricalize my laughter.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 1, 2015