sensationalise
- a variation of sensationalize.
Example Sentences
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"Netflix is plainly desperate to sensationalise every minute of Mr Combs's life, without regard for truth, in order to capitalise on a never-ending media frenzy," the statement said.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
Bradley Wiggins: 'I couldn't care less what the newspapers sensationalise'
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2025
The movie was the only time I’d seen a cinematic depiction of epilepsy that didn’t sensationalise it, so when I was making a film about it I started listening to Unknown Pleasures.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 18, 2019
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
