Sentence examples for on portray from inspiring English sources

In this so-called MUSH -- "multi-user shared hallucination" -- those who log on portray various types of characters: vampires, werewolves, ordinary humans.

He has built a five-decade career on portraying the worst in humanity, both in film and on stage.

John Malkovich has virtually cornered the market on portraying cold, obsessive aesthetes in the thrall of demonic visions.

Democrats, and many of their allies, are intent on portraying the bill as a cynical exercise in political self-protection.

His alter ego, Peter Parker, works as a freelance photographer for the Daily Bugle, where the editor insists on portraying Spidey as a criminal.

The ire has extended to Brazil's established news media, which some see as tied to the elite and focused on portraying the violent minority of demonstrators.

For Mr. Romney, who started as a business consultant and then moved into the heady world of private equity, insists on portraying himself as a plucky small businessman.

The academy, which offers graduate programs and lectures at its building on Franklin Street near Church Street, is known for its unusual emphasis on portraying the human figure.

Sitting in profile in ornate and gorgeous robes, he concentrates on his work while the European artist visiting the Ottoman court concentrates on portraying him.

Why do the media insist on portraying the success of Howard Dean's campaign as based on anything other than his overwhelming appeal to voters?

Vladimir Putin, who arrived at the General Assembly intent on portraying the United States as a global bully, was not about to let Obama have it both ways.