Sentence examples for were portraying from inspiring English sources

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were portraying

verb

To paint or draw the likeness of.

  • I will portray a king on horseback.

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A few years ago, people were portraying the Internet as a New Jerusalem.

And they were portraying me as somebody who didn't want to let them do that.

The irony, of course, is that the people they were portraying were crack solvers to a man and a woman.

Did being a character in Maus make you more aware of how you were portraying others in your memoir?

While British war artists, for example, were portraying the generals, Germans saw the skull in no man's land.

We were all about pushing the music forward but the media were portraying us in a very bad light.

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And what about how you were portrayed?

They were portrayed as a problem.

Other Greek athletes were portrayed naked.

Do you think they were portrayed wrongly?

You were portrayed as a bad guy?

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