Examples of 'portray' in a sentence

Meaning of "portray"

To portray means to depict or represent someone or something in a particular way, often through art, writing, or acting
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  • To paint or draw the likeness of.
  • To represent by an image or look.
  • To describe in words; to convey.
  • To play a role; to depict a character, person, situation, or event.

How to use "portray" in a sentence

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They portray high school girls weirdly.
Dostoyevsky wanted to portray a genuinely good man.
You portray your mother as a queen in exile.
Croatia did not wish to portray itself as a victim.
They portray people in their daily lives.
Create a puppet or mask to portray a character in a story.
I portray a very strong and independent person.
They were paid to portray a certain type of woman.
Portray would with many a holy deed.
We can not portray him like that.
I portray myself as stupid so people relate to me more.
Dostoevsky wanted to portray a genuinely good man.
Portray science and researchers as trustworth and.
I do not want to portray him as an evil person.
And never corrupt as some want to portray it.

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Some authors portray him simply as a vulture.
The look only a female can portray.
She wanted to portray them in a realistic way.
A technique that was developed to portray the kaiju.
The artist was portrayed or would portray himself.
Exactly like the photographs that portray it.
The next reports portray this aspect.
Will portray the company in bad light.
They have tried to portray these bombings.
The portray of a woman is placed on a crowd of people.
Many of the songs portray emotional themes.
They portray an abstractly interpreted human face.
We do not want to portray tanks and weapons.
They portray black boys as being more dangerous.
The film does not portray him as a hero.
We need to be sure that you can portray.
Art exists to portray a much deeper meaning.
It is this creative power that he wants to portray.
You want to portray us in bad days only.
Portray the natural history of a disease.
They always portray the same scene.
Portray her as an unsuspecting teenage victim.
He makes no attempt to portray nature exactly as he sees it.
Portray her as an unsuspecting teenaged victim.
But i want to portray the city at night.
I portray the subjects in a white background.
You told me to portray his whole life.
They portray these campaigns as a fight for democracy.
By no means are we trying to portray a catastrophic situation here.
I think portray is the most difficult subject in photography.
Your first agenda is to portray a fantastic world.
We aim to portray the future as realistically as possible.
Eckenfelder never dared to portray this scene.
I tried to portray him as the worm that he was.
You are not as bad as you portray yourself to be.

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