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Meanings of portray in English
Usage of portray in English
1
It requires special techniques to reveal and portray their true extraordinary nature.
2
Mattis sought to portray national defense as an issue above partisan politics.
3
The students have to portray their research by way of an image.
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But as disturbing as they are, these images portray the American story.
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I had never managed to portray human nature without being horribly corny.
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Some effort was made to portray Mr Donnelly in a negative light.
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But his opponents portray him as embedded in a conservative Labour culture.
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The imperfection of language rendered it impossible to portray the glorious reality.
9
I wanted to portray the fact that she actually gave him life.
10
Labor's plan was bold, and bold is easy to portray as scary.
11
No: I saw nothing of the sort, and therefore cannot portray it.
12
They were going to portray it as some kind of warped attack.
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Spring in Paris is more glorious than any reviewer can adequately portray.
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These little pictures portray our war of extermination against the red man.
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Golding had a masterful ability to portray the darkest depths of mankind.
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Don't try to portray me as some kind of intransigent villain here.
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Translations for portray
Portuguese
Catalan
Spanish
Portray through the time
Portray across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common