dramatize
verb (used with object)
to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
has dramatized
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present perfectof dramatize (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The oil boom next door in Guyana has dramatized how much Venezuela needs outside expertise and investment to revitalize its own oil industry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
And it has dramatized the growing divergence between their interests and Mr. Trump’s instincts.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2020
Now, the novel coronavirus crisis has dramatized the need for a fully functional — if not expanded — U.S.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2020
By undertaking actions at military facilities, it has dramatized the disconnect between the secrecy of the U.S. nuclear program and its prominence in the federal budget.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 19, 2019
The poet has dramatized the original novel with great skill and comic spirit, and has preserved all the beauty of character and sentiment without improving upon it, which was impossible.
From Characters of Shakespeare's Plays by William Hazlitt
