portray

Definition

  • verb: to describe (someone or something) in a particular way
  • verb: to make a picture of
  • synonyms: depict, describe

Examples

  • The White House has 'portrayed' the President as deeply conflicted over the matter.

  • The novel 'portrays' [='depicts'] life in a small southern town.

  • The lawyer 'portrayed' his client as a victim of child abuse.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) and material from the previous restoration. Spanish intertitles were identified using censor cards translated into German. To accurately portray the correct position of the cropped images, black borders have been added to them. The Intertitles appear in their original (..)
    1927 Metropolis