portray
verb
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Synonyms for portray
Synonyms
delineate, depict, describe, draw, image, limn, paint, picture, render, set out, sketch
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The governor denied being in the picture but admitted to wearing blackface as a young man while portraying Michael Jackson at a dance party in the 1980s. — USA TODAY, "Animation behind bars, Elliott the elk, SkyStar: News from around our 50 states," 10 Sep. 2019 JVC Media of Florida is the owner, and the start was a freewheeling conversation about how the men might be portrayed. — Hal Boedeker, orlandosentinel.com, "Florida Man Radio: Shannon Burke, Bubba give it edgy start," 9 Sep. 2019 Female indulgence is often displayed as shirking from work, whereas men are portrayed as having enough power to travel the world on a whim. — Olivia Goldhill, Quartz, "We have hedonism all wrong, according to ancient Greek philosophy," 8 Sep. 2019 Ring officials have stepped up their sharing of video from monitored doorsteps to help portray the devices as theft deterrents and friendly home companions. — Chris Paul, The Denver Post, "Doorbell-camera firm Ring teams with 400 police forces, extending surveillance reach," 8 Sep. 2019 There is one representing a church band, two more portraying Bible verses and another recognizing Clemson’s 2018 national championship. — Ross Dellenger, SI.com, "Saving Trevor: Why Clemson's QB Credits His Early College Success to a Leap in Faith," 5 Sep. 2019 At the same time, there's a nagging sense that the cooperation and/or sanction of those portrayed tends to soften the rough edges, or at the very least, exalt their status within the musical world to even more extraordinary heights. — Brian Lowry, CNN, "'Wu-Tang: An American Saga' joins wave of authorized musical bios," 3 Sep. 2019 As unoriginal as the premise might be, the movie works well enough, thanks mainly to its two stars: David Oyelowo, portraying an LAPD detective named Jack, and Storm Reid as his teenage niece Ashley, who was murdered two weeks earlier. — Michael O'sullivan, Twin Cities, "Time-travel thriller ‘Don’t Let Go’ kind of works, as long as you don’t think too hard about it," 30 Aug. 2019 And local favorite Bruce Randolph Nelson portraying detective Hercules Poirot. — Mary Carole Mccauley, baltimoresun.com, "Top Baltimore arts events for fall 2019," 29 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'portray.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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