dramatize
verb (used with object)
to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
dramatizer
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a word derived from
dramatize.
Example Sentences
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The jokey central conceit is stretched too thin, but it allows Ms. Aidem to have an infectiously fine time as an arch self dramatizer.
From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2018
Hamilton announces himself in a signature refrain: “Hey, yo, I’m just like my country / I’m young, scrappy and hungry / And I’m not throwing away my shot,” and these words could equally apply to his dramatizer.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 2, 2015
Several evenings a week, this remarkable dramatizer would read aloud to his family.
From Time Magazine Archive
The dramatizer of a novel faces many opportunities for this telescoping of scenes.
From Dramatic Technique by George Pierce Baker
She was transformed, radiant; but on her glowing face and glorified eyes he saw, with a return of incredulity, the elfish lights of the dramatizer.
From The Salamander by Owen Johnson
