dramatize
verb
dra·ma·tize
ˈdra-mə-ˌtīz 
ˈdrä-
ˈdrä-
dramatized; dramatizing
1
: to adapt (something, such as a novel) for theatrical presentation
2
: to present or represent in a dramatic manner
Examples of dramatize in a Sentence
The movie dramatizes her early life.
The book is dramatized in a new play.
I know I tend to dramatize things but it really was awful.
She cited a series of statistics to dramatize the seriousness of the problem.
This tragedy dramatizes the need for improvements in highway safety.
Recent Examples on the Web
The series dramatizes the killings and the subsequent trials that ended in their conviction in 1996.
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Marc Malkin, Variety, 26 Sep. 2024
Assuming what Jose and Kitty’s sons said about them was true — and further, imagining a world in which they were convicted for those crimes and sentenced to death — Netflix would still have no business dramatizing a lethal injection.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2024
The show dramatizes the high-profile murders and the trial that followed, but Erik has criticized the series’s portrayal of events.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 24 Sep. 2024
The show playing at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theater at The Pershing Square Signature Center through September 28, dramatizes Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin and the personalization of the AMR global crisis.
—Steve Brozak, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
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Marc Malkin, Variety, 26 Sep. 2024
Assuming what Jose and Kitty’s sons said about them was true — and further, imagining a world in which they were convicted for those crimes and sentenced to death — Netflix would still have no business dramatizing a lethal injection.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2024
The show dramatizes the high-profile murders and the trial that followed, but Erik has criticized the series’s portrayal of events.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 24 Sep. 2024
The show playing at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theater at The Pershing Square Signature Center through September 28, dramatizes Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin and the personalization of the AMR global crisis.
—Steve Brozak, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
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“Dramatize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dramatize. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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