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363 examples of Portrays in a sentence

I think this cartoon portrays it nicely.
History portrays these people as aged eccentrics, but if only they'd known that their dreams were actually achievable.
None of them portrays humans as what we really are.
And why on earth is the character that Jenny Garth portrays so in love with that no-no loser guy (who actually now plays in the movie Cinderella Man with Russel Crow!)? O well, it's no Spielberg, of course...
Honestly the screenplay doesn't make one iota of sense, but who cares when Linda Blair (with an exploded hairstyle) portrays yet another girl possessed by evil powers and David Hasselhof depicts a hunky photographer (who can't seem to get laid) in a movie that constantly features bloody voodoo, sewn-shut lips, upside down crucifixions, vicious burnings and an overused but genuinely creepy tune.
We know differently now and this movie portrays Apes in a more modern view.
The too brief scenes in which he portrays a languid, infinitely entitled, worthless son of a rich Lord are spot-on and entertaining.
Pat O'Brien portrays Knute Rockne, the All-American Notre Dame football coach.
Worst of all, Italian actors Daniele Liotti and Manuela Arcuri turn out in real bad performances, which, in the case of Liotti is a real problem as he portrays Felipe el Hermoso, a pivotal role in this story.
I've seen comments from Turkish people (which I'm not) saying this movie is fantastic and accurately portrays Turkish life.
In the moving performance of Christina Ricci as Liz Wurtzel, the film portrays a young woman with unlimited potential as a Harvard student and as a writer.
Natalie Wood portrays Courtney Patterson, a polio disabled songwriter who attempts to avoid being victimized as a result of involvement in her first love affair, with her partner being attorney Marcus Simon, played tepidly by Wood's real-life husband, Robert Wagner.
It simply portrays a lower class Northern British setting.
Kidman portrays her as wan and vague, whereas she was someone who knocked people over with her charisma.
Seriously disappointing performance by Brad Pitt and Q T, the plot is very superficial and lame, and, unless indirectly intended, this film actually glorify the Nazis and portrays them as men of honor, and show that the Jewish people are deceiving, cant keep promises and bloody vicious.
The film portrays the couple as lovesick and wanting nothing more than to be together.
Tom Conway portrays Dr. Gerard, a scientist who is turning natives into a monster using voodoo.
This junk, however, portrays a "heart warming" parenty side to a clothes horse.
The film portrays it as though it is the end of the world when she does not get the role.
I know a couple people who look just like the lead actress in this film (or, at least, like the character she portrays.)
The movie portrays the Russians as an inferior people who are unable to understand the brilliant ideas put forward by the Americans.
The film portrays a woman as the great white savior of some small Midwestern town, and everyone else in the town (mostly men) are just mere damsels in distress, incapable of honor, who can't fend for themselves and have to rely on the main character for redemption.
This movie is excellent in how it portrays the reality of sexual abuse.
It portrays various people returning home and how they have to readjust not only to their pre-war lives, but to the overall changing world.
Nasaan Ka Man portrays the typical Filipino family with accuracy in its presentation of secrets and lies.
In the 2nd of his Historical Martial Arts films, Chiba portrays his real life sensei Mas Oyama.
The movie accurately portrays the FBI as having control of the hostage situation but turning it over the US Army's Delta Force (who are unnamed in the movie as the Pentagon was still denying their existence at this time) once the President waived the Posse Commitatus Act of US Code.
I'm hoping it was make-up/costuming, as she portrays an older woman with osteoporosis, though no mention of it is made in the movie-- as a nurse, I can say that she did this perfectly, portraying a woman on the brink of old-age, but clinging to the sparkling past that she reveled in.
Isabelle Huppert portrays a talented female piano teacher who is staid, unfriendly and distant in public, and bitter towards her students.
Much of the message of the movie is that we never know the good without the bad, which is a little cliché, but what makes this movie so good and so original is that it very eloquently portrays the crushing and devastating force that the bad can have, whether you see the bad everywhere like Leland, or are experiencing the utter helplessness of unrequited love or a relationship that just isn't going to work no matter how bad you want it to.
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