portray in English

verb
1
depict (someone or something) in a work of art or literature.
the author wanted to portray a new type of hero

Use "portray" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "portray" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "portray", or refer to the context using the word "portray" in the English Dictionary.

1. Many Blackamoor figures portray

2. We're trying to portray normal relationships.

3. Many fairy tales portray women as victims.

4. He frowned and stamped his feet to portray anger.

5. Actors are performers who portray characters in various media

6. The ads portray women as stupid but sexy playthings.

7. What does Blazon mean? Blazon means to proclaim or portray

8. Phantasmagoria portray the unspeakable, they rise above the written language.

9. The effort to portray Stern as a prince is relentless.

10. Overall, the cells where Strategic Directions and Mechanisms intersect portray activities.

11. The four Gospels portray him against a specific, accurately detailed, historical background.

12. Lugar, has tried to portray his life in politics as merely accidental.

13. 13 Some portray the family as unwitting dupes of conspiracy theorists.

14. Cajun Gun Works uses reasonable efforts to portray accurate, up-to-date information

15. Many of the new novelists, in fact, portray the alienation of Western man.

16. 17 Contrary to Bush, Obama is difficult to portray as an American infidel.

17. The President likes to portray himself as a friend of working people.

18. By now, very few of the campaigns address that they actually portray this relation.

19. It is still not considered proper to portray Christ in a play or film.

20. The party try to portray the prime minister as a man of the people .

21. Such comics tend to portray a noirish and Kafkaesque version of the modern world.

22. We portray an incomplete life—sometimes in a self-aggrandizing or fake way.

23. Many of the new novelists, in fact,(Sentencedict) portray the alienation of Western man.

24. We are all given T-shirts that portray Erap as a crocodile, gobbling money.

25. He then beat back Republican efforts to portray him as reckless, naive and inexperienced.

26. Synonyms for Characterize include portray, depict, represent, describe, delineate, outline, present, show, brand and character

27. That's what we tried to portray in the book, this feeling of opulence and grandeur.

28. This chapter attempts to portray fabrics which may develop within any sediment, independent of mineralogy.

29. In his trial, he tried to portray himself as the victim of an uncaring society.

30. 23 It is still not considered proper to portray Christ in a play or film.

31. An ordinary mortal named Zeuxis had set up his easel to portray the family group.

32. She has also appeared in Amnesty International videos that portray social struggles in Guatemala.

33. In order to portray Sung Na-jung, she cut her hair short, and gained 18 lbs.

34. Belittle definition, to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage

35. President Vladimir Putin's critics seized the moment with alacrity to portray him as a whimsical megalomaniac.

36. Liszt, Bolder than Heine, makes the attempt to portray them, and writes like an inspired poet

37. Legends and lore of the sea portray it as the harbinger of winds, mist, and fog.

38. These tended to portray him as being concerned with little more than his own power.

39. They desalinate wars, beautify hardships and portray the life of soldiers with a poetic flavor.

40. Rather Annoyingly, both big and small screen forms tend to portray the conflict from a Royalist perspective

41. No archive, film or history book can portray their painful experiences as effectively as their personal accounts.

42. By 1831 the attempt to portray Antislavery in parliament as an exercise in abstract moralism was absent

43. By 1831 the attempt to portray antislavery in parliament as an exercise in abstract moralism was absent.

44. In 1923 Auger was cast to portray the character "Colosso" in Harold Lloyd's comedy film Why Worry?.

45. 18 Standing on waving jolting horizon of our life, we portray our drawing with youth and lifeblood.

46. A 1 2-acre village set was continually modifiied to portray 1 1 different European locations.

47. The media portray her as happy and successful, but in reality she has a difficult life.

48. Many movies and television shows portray behavior which is in direct opposition to the laws of God.

49. It would be wrong to portray his life as a calculated ascent to power at any cost.

50. Such negative stereotypes are often reinforced by pervasive media images which portray the young as capable and glamorous.