How to Use dramatization in a Sentence

dramatization

noun
  • The new film may be the umpteenth dramatization of the book, but so what?
    By anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2019
  • Here is Blacquière’s dramatization of the change in size of that top block of adwords.
    Tim O'Reilly, Quartz, 17 July 2019
  • Haghighi was taken aback: the story was a dramatization of an episode from his own life.
    Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
  • But, of course, like any Lifetime movie, there's sure to be some dramatization.
    Alex Warner, Marie Claire, 14 May 2018
  • The video is an out-of-context dramatization made as a training video.
    Emiliano Tahui Gómez, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2022
  • The Queen and Netflix’s current series dramatization of her life in The Crown.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The Falklands War takes center stage—albeit with a heavy dose of dramatization—in episodes four and five.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Evan Peters plays the title role in this dramatization of the killer’s story.
    Andy Meek, BGR, 20 Sep. 2022
  • How involved was each hero in the dramatization of their story?
    Gregory Wakeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Back on earth, there is a very funny dramatization of the events happening on the spaceship.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Even though it’s broken into one-hour episodes, the thought of an eight-hour dramatization of Franklin’s life might seem like a little too much Ree.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2021
  • That makes sense, of course; the royal’s real-life blend of beauty, charm, and pathos makes her story ripe for dramatization.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Lifetime is at it again with the rapid-onset dramatization.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 June 2021
  • And in different genres, no less, with one a docuseries and the other a dramatization.
    Andy Meek, BGR, 6 June 2022
  • But last week a group of stars gathered at Riverside Church for a dramatization based on the special counsel’s report.
    Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker, 1 July 2019
  • Who is the real woman behind the true crime dramatization?
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 27 Oct. 2022
  • No edits, no dramatizations of the past, and no interviews.
    Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 15 June 2019
  • The musical is a dramatization of what happened to Frank during the trial and after.
    Town & Country, 22 Feb. 2023
  • And the great thing about getting to explore it further in a second season is the inner voice is the dramatization of the eating disorder.
    Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 6 Aug. 2021
  • The movie, a dramatization of life in the Chino prison, depicts friendships forged across racial lines and built on trust and interdependence.
    Dana Walters, The Conversation, 14 June 2019
  • Over time, this new level of dramatization will become more comfortable for you and will no longer feel like a boundary push.
    Stephanie Judd, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Still, pitching a dramatization of the fallout from a disaster three decades old was going to be an uphill climb.
    John Koblin, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The other thing is, the dramatization of family affairs is as old as anything.
    Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2020
  • Green Border is a dramatization of the real-life plight of refugees caught on the natural border between Belarus and Poland.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Which, yeah, there is a lot of that — this is a dramatization after all — but for the most part, Jane takes a pretty realistic approach to beauty.
    Kelsey Castañon, refinery29.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The assignment, in general, is a bit of a dramatization.
    Megan Stein, Country Living, 9 Feb. 2020
  • Each chunk of Anderson’s movie is a dramatization, so to speak, of an article that is submitted to The French Dispatch.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Luther’s difficulty with the dramatization stems from the fact that Washington hasn’t spoken on the topic in decades and had no involvement in the episode.
    Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Catch 'Em in the Act Set up a photo booth to encourage campy detective dramatizations.
    Country Living Staff, Country Living, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The dramatizations of these flashbacks are cleverly staged, using props and careful lighting to make tiny sets look grander.
    Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2019

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