Portraying

Word PORTRAYING
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Definitions and meanings of "Portraying"

What do we mean by portraying?

To paint or draw the likeness of.

To describe in words; to convey.

To play a role; to depict a character, person, situation, or event.

To adorn.

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The word "portraying" in example sentences

In the Black Jack story, you might think Tezuka is using his talent for comedic exaggeration in portraying rush hour on the Yamanote line. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The only way the Dems will get the tough reform bill to pass is to begin portraying those in opposition to the bill as servants of the banks. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There is controversy in portraying religious, conservative individuals as thinking, logical humans operating under the best knowledge they've been able to obtain in life. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Inevitably, in portraying events on the silver screen, compressing longer stories and simplifying more complex tales leads to some glamorisation. ❋ Gregor Gall (2010)

The Gospels are unanimous in portraying Jesus in distress, but the synoptics provide some telling details upon which Mark and Matthew mostly agree, details that Luke compresses, and John omits entirely. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Dutch photographer and film director Anton Corbijn once declared his interest in portraying the pain of creation. ❋ Liliana Rodrigues (2010)

She seems interested in portraying rounded human experiences. ❋ Unknown (2010)

You make great use of humor as well as pathos in portraying Tanya's effortsshe applies every remedy she can think of to Mark's writer's block, from perfectly brewed coffee to submitting to sex that makes her cringe. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The supporting cast is awesome in portraying the dance Henry's court did around him to both stay alive and advance their own ambitions. ❋ Grrm (2010)

What Ajami succeeds best at doing is in portraying the very separate and yetinextricably connected lives that Israeli Arabs, Palestinians and Israeli Jews lead in this one neighborhood in Jaffa. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Each episode starred Cain portraying mainly Clark Kent – not Superman. ❋ Unknown (2010)

While many parts of the industry may have a vested interest in portraying the law as a success, others still see the future as uncertain. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They have had some success in portraying the Dems as being soft on defense. ❋ Unknown (2010)

On Tuesday I pointed out how Fib Dem Central was wilfully jumping to the wrong conclusions in portraying Helen Mary Jones 'response to the selection of 67 year old Keith Davies as Assembly candidate for Llanelli as being' ageist '- despite the evident fact that no mention of his age was made. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Le R: I've not read many of the "Oh, yeah, but my grandfather was an immigrant whatever so I get it" comments but there is NO WAY that even the most thickheaded person cannot see the inherent wrongness in portraying a PoC main character as lily white on the cover of the book. ❋ Unknown (2010)

While I did not find it side-splittingly funny, I did find it very entertaining, insightful and moving: Amy did a great job in portraying the lived experience as a large person and the negative consequences of discrimination most large people face everyday ❋ Unknown (2009)

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