portray
verb (used with object)
to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
has been portraying
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present perfect progressiveof portray (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Buss, a retired teacher, has been portraying the 16th president for more than 30 years in Illinois and across the country, including at an annual reading of the Gettysburg Address in Pennsylvania.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 11, 2020
The Mail has been portraying Assange as a international Bond villain in recent days, and there are plenty of sordid details in Pendlebury's article.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 7, 2010
In a brilliant bit of casting against type, the suave, silken Prey has been portraying the cantankerous Beckmesser in Wagner's Die Meistersinger.
From Time Magazine Archive
