Example sentences for: portrayal

How can you use “portrayal” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Reviewers delight in Broomfield's portrayal of Love as a violent control freak.

  • Equally pallid is McNally's stereotyped portrayal of gay people.

  • A NYT front-pager reports a surprising consequence of 1998's reform of the IRS, which had been prompted by congressional hearings portraying (a largely discredited portrayal, the paper reminds) the agency's hounding of ordinary citizens: Wealthier Americans are being subject to less tax scrutiny while poorer ones are being subject to more.

  • The film's portrayal of Flynt as a quasifeminist enlightened male depends in large part on its portrait of Althea, played by Courtney Love.

  • (Click for more on Kennedy's warped portrayal of Ross and the impeachment.)


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