sensationalize
verb (used with object)
to make sensational.
sensationalise
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a variation of
sensationalize.
Example Sentences
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While TV political drama will often sensationalise conflict in negotiations, most in the business say that the real work happens quietly, over long hours of strategic give and take.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025
Mr Wilkins said it was vital to him that the drama did not "sensationalise the crimes".
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2021
It is the sort of prophetic detail some might sensationalise – an audacious breadcrumb dropped by a predator.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 20, 2020
So, far from a temptation to sensationalise and demonise, the real creative peril for a director is hagiography, or at least doing a bit of a whitewash.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 28, 2019
The news focuses on the violence and anger because it is easy to sensationalise, but all that does is drive people's opinion against the whole of the community.
From BBC ● May 17, 2018
