Sentence examples for trying to portray the from inspiring English sources

The opposition is also trying to portray the conservatives as corrupt and nepotistic.

Senate leaders are trying to portray the Assembly as inadequately concerned about the impending budget deadline.

As an actor, you're trying to portray the human condition and sometimes we don't wear clothes.

Mr. Wilson said this philosophy made sense to him in trying to portray the group's ringleader.

Mr. Obama is trying to portray the government's role as more venture capitalist than manager.

Republican candidates have been courting Jewish voters, who ordinarily back Democrats, by trying to portray the president as anti-Israel.

They tried to portray the Ayotzinapa students, for example, as vandals, guerrillas, and even as narcos.

"The Agency," on CBS, tries to portray the C.I.A.'s inner workings realistically.

During Senate debate today, both sides tried to portray the issue as one of victims.

When the cases started to fall apart, Hallinan tried to portray the case as that of a runaway grand jury.

They even try to portray the Fukushima incidents as salutary for the nuclear power industry, a view seldom heard elsewhere.