Sentence examples for self-portrayal from inspiring English sources
"self-portrayal" is a correct and usable word in written English
You can use it to refer to the way in which a person represents or portrays him or herself, either in words or through images or other media. For example, you might say, "The artist's self-portrayal in her latest collection of paintings is both striking and thought-provoking."
The manner of self-portrayal leans towards the academic.
Their self-portrayal of their coupledom naturally conveyed nothing of Charles's imperfect faithfulness to Ray.
Nonetheless, he thinks Fraunhofer's self-portrayal, while perhaps a bit boosterish, is essentially accurate.
Trump's self-portrayal as a Horatio Alger figure has buttressed his populist appeal in 2016.
Until then, most people read Chaucer as a happy innocent, taking his self-portrayal at face value.
A testimonial from a former intern, who called Smith "one of the more personable, friendly, and genuine guys on the floor," corroborated Smith's self-portrayal.
"I really want to raise my kids with a different view on beauty, self esteem and self portrayal," she told HuffPost.
The Korean director Hong Sangsoo, born in 1960, offers self-deprecating portrayals of desperate quests for hard experience which resemble Bergman's own.
Anchoring the film is Jim Broadbent's awesomely self-effacing portrayal of her fussy, stammering husband, desperately reaching out to his wife as the disease erases her identity.
Done as wittily and elegantly as this (Barbara Rosenblat's amused, self-deprecating portrayal of Renée is bliss), it's no wonder it sold a million.
The real world has little resemblance to this self-serving portrayal - virtually copied from the 1980s, when the US and Israel were desperately seeking to evade PLO offers of negotiation and political settlement.
