dramatize
verb (used with object)
to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
dramatized
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past participleof dramatize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof dramatize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
dramatizeverb (used with object)to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
Example Sentences
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The case of Los Primos has dramatized the proliferation of graft in the armed forces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
The playwrights of Athens dramatized the tragic tales of kings, including Xerxes of Persia, whose overweening ambitions led the rulers to ruin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
Melies ended up as a toy seller in Paris’ Gare Montparnasse train station -- a story that was dramatized in Martin Scorsese’s 2011 film, "Hugo."
From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026
John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” dramatized the suffering and exploitation of farmers migrating to California from the drought-ridden Dust Bowl of Oklahoma.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026
It dramatized three situations that, we were told, had actually occurred in the past two years.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
