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- verb Present participle of
dramatise .
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Examples
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A Liberal Democrat MP has tabled a motion in parliament accusing the BBC of 'dramatising' its reporting of the economic downturn engulfing the country.
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"dramatising" were practised were startlingly better in reading, in attentiveness, and in general power of expression, than the pupils of like social conditions in the same grades of other cities which I visited soon after, and in which the more conventional methods were exclusively used.
How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell Sara Cone Bryant
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The theatre has become particularly known for its verbatim political plays, including Guardian journalist Richard Norton-Taylor's dramatising of the Hutton inquiry and the Macpherson inquiry into Stephen Lawrence's murder.
Tricycle theatre chief blames arts cuts as he stands down after 27 years 2011
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Cycling over Hampstead Heath, I wonder if by dramatising his school days Hare is retreating from the bafflement of politics.
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If you went for the suicide bomber opening, the only valid reason for me for dramatising it in a prologue is to get across the political and personal viewpoint of the perpetrator.
On Prologues Hal Duncan 2009
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Other proposals include dramatising classical philosophical texts and installing a trail of busts of great philosophers around the town.
Malmesbury bids to become UK's first 'philosophy town' Steven Morris 2010
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The story Issie liked to tell was that her mother had left the children to go and apply her lipstick – which is straight out of A Handful of Dust – but Detmar disputes the veracity of this: Issie, too, could be self-dramatising.
Blow by Blow: The Story of Isabella Blow by Detmar Blow Rachel Cooke 2010
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It is just a prologue, aimed at dramatising exposition that I would have to explain in the main body of the text otherwise.
Prologues: How and When To Use Them | The Creative Penn 2010
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He backed a bold (if futile) experiment in finding new candidates and eventually gambled on Boris Johnson, a risky choice but one dramatising what the new Conservatism was about.
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Narration is in the present tense, dramatising Bateman's obsessive dedication to a lifestyle.
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