sensationalize
verb (used with object)
to make sensational.
has sensationalized
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present perfectof sensationalize (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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Or is the problem that the media has sensationalized the violence and desensitized people to the human consequences of these acts?
From Time ● Oct. 6, 2016
Mitsubishi's outraged and outsized response to the charges has sensationalized the case.
From Time Magazine Archive
It has sensationalized in order to get a hearing among the masses.
From King of the Jews A story of Christ's last days on Earth by William T. Stead
