dramatize
verb (used with object)
to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
overdramatize
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a word derived from
dramatize.
Example Sentences
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The director, Diego Ongaro, a French filmmaker who lives and works in New England, doesn’t overdramatize Merc’s situation, or tether him to the machinery of a plot.
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2022
“It is possible to get rid of it, so I don’t think we have to overdramatize what is happening.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 17, 2022
All of the dispatchers I spoke to basically asked of me: “Will you please show us in a real light and not overdramatize what this job is like? ”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2017
Asked if journalists overdramatize the meaning of their workplaces, his voice turns grave: “No. We do not.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2015
Twenty-six hands must tell their story but not overdramatize.
From Voices from the Past by Paul Alexander Bartlett
