Example sentences for: portrayed

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

  • The David Brock whose 1993 Troopergate article revived the Clinton sex scandal and portrayed Kendall's client and patron Hillary Clinton as a foul-mouthed bitch who orders state troopers to fetch her tampons?

  • Ronald is portrayed (against type) as tough and competent: At one private summit meeting, he looked at Mikhail Gorbachev and said, "I just want to let you know, there's no way you're going to win."

  • Many beauties portrayed by Titian, Palma Vecchio, and Paris Bordone catch the eye with their rippling cascades and looped braids of brilliant yellow hair.

  • Clinton's critics would surely have portrayed such a meeting as a corrupt politicization of the Justice Department, reminded us again of the misuse of the FBI in Travelgate and Filegate, and called once more for an independent counsel.

  • I think he'll be unhappier than any of the other real people depicted in the film, including the tobacco-company P.R. man John Scanlon, who is portrayed merely as evil, not unlikable.)


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