Example Sentences

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Julia and Jane are neatly matched in self-dramatization, each becoming more fraught with anticipation and anxiety as the hours pass.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

The novel is an acute portrayal of adolescent self-doubt, self-absorption and self-dramatization, and of the way the world and people in it change shape as one gathers new experiences.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2023

The problem is that her self-dramatization, her big gestures and grandiosity, when wedded with Blanchett’s emphatic dominance are simply too big for what’s meant to be a diminished character.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2019

And here she would burst out with a laugh that mocked the very idea of self-perception, let alone self-dramatization: they would always be knocked down by someone else’s reality.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 8, 2019

Then, in great dignity and self-dramatization, she returned to bed.

From Main Street by Lewis, Sinclair