fictionalized
Example Sentences
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Ellis fictionalized his Buckley School years for the novel, originally released as a serialized audiobook on his podcast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Prosecutors allege that Matar was motivated by a fatwa that Ayatollah Khomeini, then leader of Iran, issued in 1989 following Rushdie's depiction of a fictionalized Prophet Muhammad in his novel "The Satanic Verses."
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Before this, Irving had begun his project of myth-building with a mischievously fictionalized history of New York published under the name Diedrich Knickerbocker—a pseudonym that lives on with the city’s basketball team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Cipriani has fictionalized the two men’s dealings, then spread “false and salacious lies to extract a massive payday.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
It's basically Tiny's slightly fictionalized life story, except it is sung, and it is—I mean, I don't use this adjective lightly—the gayest single musical in all of human history.
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
