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portray

verb

por·​tray pȯr-ˈtrā How to pronounce portray (audio)
pər-
portrayed; portraying; portrays

transitive verb

1
: to make a picture of : depict
2
a
: to describe in words
b
: to play the role of : enact
portrayer noun

Example Sentences

The White House has portrayed the President as deeply conflicted over the matter. The lawyer portrayed his client as a victim of child abuse. He portrayed himself as a victim. The painting portrays the queen in a purple robe. Laurence Olivier portrayed Hamlet beautifully.
Recent Examples on the Web But O'Dea won the primary, and now Democrats are trying to portray him as a far-right conservative. Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 6 Sep. 2022 Rather than picking alternatives acceptable to Pelosi, McCarthy withdrew the others, refusing to play by Pelosi’s rules and trying to portray the the committee as unfair and illegitimate. Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick, Anchorage Daily News, 24 June 2022 Republicans are trying to portray Biden as weak in allowing the invasion to happen. Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 1 Mar. 2022 Those trying to portray goodness in a show about faith also face another challenge: Growing distrust of organized religion. John Blake, CNN, 14 Aug. 2022 Cicely Tyson wanted to portray her character Sipsey without talking. Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 12 July 2022 Rather than picking alternatives acceptable to Pelosi, McCarthy withdrew the others, refusing to play by Pelosi’s rules and trying to portray the the committee as unfair and illegitimate. Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick, Anchorage Daily News, 24 June 2022 Rather than picking alternatives acceptable to Pelosi, McCarthy withdrew the others, refusing to play by Pelosi’s rules and trying to portray the the committee as unfair and illegitimate. Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2022 But laying a towel down on a stage and declaring it a beach is not the same as trying to portray a society from the bottom up. Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, The Atlantic, 21 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English portraien, from Anglo-French purtraire, from Latin protrahere to draw forth, reveal, expose — more at protract

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of portray was in the 14th century

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