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- verb Present participle of
portray .
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- noun a representation by picture or portraiture
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Examples
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Dutch photographer and film director Anton Corbijn once declared his interest in portraying the pain of creation.
Liliana Rodrigues: Behind the Lens of Dutch Photographer Anton Corbijn Liliana Rodrigues 2010
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They have had some success in portraying the Dems as being soft on defense.
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There is controversy in portraying religious, conservative individuals as thinking, logical humans operating under the best knowledge they've been able to obtain in life.
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Dutch photographer and film director Anton Corbijn once declared his interest in portraying the pain of creation.
Liliana Rodrigues: Behind the Lens of Dutch Photographer Anton Corbijn Liliana Rodrigues 2010
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She seems interested in portraying rounded human experiences.
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While many parts of the industry may have a vested interest in portraying the law as a success, others still see the future as uncertain.
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You make great use of humor as well as pathos in portraying Tanya's effortsshe applies every remedy she can think of to Mark's writer's block, from perfectly brewed coffee to submitting to sex that makes her cringe.
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On Tuesday I pointed out how Fib Dem Central was wilfully jumping to the wrong conclusions in portraying Helen Mary Jones 'response to the selection of 67 year old Keith Davies as Assembly candidate for Llanelli as being' ageist '- despite the evident fact that no mention of his age was made.
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Le R: I've not read many of the "Oh, yeah, but my grandfather was an immigrant whatever so I get it" comments but there is NO WAY that even the most thickheaded person cannot see the inherent wrongness in portraying a PoC main character as lily white on the cover of the book.
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Dutch photographer and film director Anton Corbijn once declared his interest in portraying the pain of creation.
Liliana Rodrigues: Behind the Lens of Dutch Photographer Anton Corbijn Liliana Rodrigues 2010
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