How to Use portray in a Sentence

portray

verb

• The painting portrays the queen in a purple robe.
• The lawyer portrayed his client as a victim of child abuse.
• He portrayed himself as a victim.
• The White House has portrayed the President as deeply conflicted over the matter.
• Laurence Olivier portrayed Hamlet beautifully.
• The dog also portrayed Skip in the 2000 film, My Dog Skip.
  — Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2023
• The world is not as dangerous as the U.S. news portrays it to be.
  — Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2023
• What were the origins of this idea of portraying Pinochet as a vampire?
  — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2023
• Blue is for Krishna, a Hindu god portrayed with blue skin.
  — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2023
• The first half, marked with a red X, portrays Quill dancing and letting loose.
  — Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 16 Aug. 2024
• The landscapes portray ideas as much as places, and high-tech fact as much as fiction.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
• Woody Guthrie will also be portrayed in the movie, though the actor cast for the role has not yet been announced.
  — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2023
• There are a multitude of ways that the steps might be devised and portrayed.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
• In the book, these images are hidden on the flip sides of pages that portray an eight-year-old, Elif, on her first day of school.
  — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2023
• Among this cast of suspects is Loretta Durkin, portrayed by Meryl Streep.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2023
• Just west of Calgary is Canmore, a town that was used to portray Jackson, Wyoming.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 26 Jan. 2023
• The actress portrayed Professor Pomona Sprout in the film franchise.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2024
• John Belushi used to play him back in the day, with Darrell Hammond portraying the author in a play a few years back.
  — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2024
• My friend Jane was falsely portrayed as a victim, and her attempts to set the record straight have been ignored.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
• Online, fans often say that the two portray a 1990s type of love, a reference to a decade where Black love was seen in full force film and TV.
  — Taylor Crumpton, TIME, 19 July 2024
• The story, which reads as a simple recitation of the facts, portrays the decision to use the bomb as one made with sagacious care.
  — Andy Kifer, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2023
• The role of the water deities, which the artist symbolically portrays in her photos and videos, is one of the artist’s additions to the tale.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
• The study found that the 2016 family film Finding Dory was the only to not portray sharks as threats to humans.
  — Staff Author, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2022
• It should not be portrayed as merely an incident on a golf course.
  — Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2024
• But since then, China has portrayed itself as a neutral party in the Ukraine war.
  — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
• Quinn is careful not to portray all cryptocurrencies in the same light.
  — Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2023
• But videos, photos and survivors have portrayed many attacks across the region.
  — The New York Times, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2023
• Democrats like to portray themselves as going on the offensive on both.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2024
• The film chronicles Alcala’s murders in the ’70s and his encounter with Bradshaw, who is portrayed by Kendrick.
  — Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
• In short, Harris is a more interesting and idiosyncratic figure than he has been portrayed in some quarters.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024