Sentence examples for portrayals around from inspiring English sources

Yes, Shapiro spoke in stiff, measured tones, but the actor's overly mannered line readings turn the attorney into a buffoon, in sharp contrast to the more nuanced portrayals around him.

There was heated debate around media portrayals of gardening and the lack of relevant role models to entice new people into the garden.

But the first and second are authentic portrayals of the countryside around Rome and of the ruins in the city, the remnants of a great culture.

It's a film about disability and assisted suicide which is troubling enough but is made worse by the fact that it uses a non-disabled actor... Before I get into my thoughts on the book, I want to deal with what I expect is the most common rebuttal to disabled people criticizing problematic media portrayals of disability, particularly around assisted dying.

It is a brutal story, woven around incredibly realistic portrayals of middle-class Nigerians caught up in a gruesome war.

It's an incredibly cool portrayal, and now that I've played around with Windows 8, it's clear that Microsoft is going for it in a tangible way.

The 22-year-old Wilson removes these filters not by completely subverting traditional portrayals of women, but by playing around with the format a bit.

While sympathetic portrayals of gay men have been around since the early 70s, it wasn't until the 90s that queer female characters were finally introduced to TV.

As well as the personal journey, Sanghera's book is peppered with journalistic extracts examining the myths around mental illness, and media portrayals of people with schizophrenia.

Crombie turns around in Act 2 to give a juicy portrayal of Dan, a gruff construction worker who finds something of note in the backyard.

With its portrayal of a sympathetic character who drank, smoked marijuana and slept around, "Crazy/Beautiful" would have almost certainly earned an R rating from the Motion Picture Association of America.