PORTRAY in a Sentence

Learn PORTRAY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

26 example sentences for PORTRAY, such as:

1. The book portrayed his personal experience.
2. He was portrayed in the media as a complete fiend.
3. Romantic artists portrayed nature as wild and powerful.
4. The artist has succeeded in portraying my father to the life.
5. When trying to portray real people in ads, extra caution is advised.

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portray
 v.  depict; describe; draw
Classic Sentence:
1  A chanting cherub adorned the cover of the sugar bucket, and attempts to portray Romeo and Juliet supplied kindling for some time.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
2  Only an insane contortion of spelling could portray his lyric whine, his mangled consonants.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
3  Twice had he essayed to portray thy fate in gold; twice the father's hands dropped down.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK SIXTH
4  The feature film portrayed a brave young Yankee who conquered a South American republic.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
5  His dulled senses wished him to swoon and he opposed them stubbornly, his mind portraying unknown dangers and mutilations if he should fall upon the field.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
6  He could have enjoyed portraying to uninitiated listeners various scenes at which he had been a witness or ably discussing the processes of war with other proved men.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
Example Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1  Domestically Mr. Brown is likely to portray his style as both more frugal and more transparent than before.
2  Most biographers portray Lincoln as an uncouth and ungainly young man.
3  When trying to portray real people in ads, extra caution is advised.
4  The line of vision from the flight deck towards the horizon will actually portray a white even expanse which is uniformly level.
5  The media portray her as happy and successful, but in reality she has a difficult life.
6  Rawls's representative agent is portrayed as a disembodied party devoid of any substantive human characteristics except rationality.
7  He was portrayed in the media as a complete fiend.
8  Romantic artists portrayed nature as wild and powerful.
9  He was portrayed as a ruthless opportunist who exploited the publicity at every opportunity.
10  The book portrayed his personal experience.
11  Many of the characters portrayed by Clint Eastwood are laconic types: strong men of few words.
12  Holmes is portrayed as a detective genius, a man whose mind can pierce through murk and uncertainty to the truth, while Dr. Watson, smart as he might be, is mostly a bumbler when it comes to solving mysteries.
13  The artist has succeeded in portraying my father to the life.
14  The film won four Oscars in total with Hilary Swank picking up Best Actress for her portrayal of a female boxer and Morgan Freeman named Best Supporting Actor.
15  The school board censored the movie because of its portrayal of the lecherous criminal.