Word Finder - portrayed

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To paint or draw the likeness of.

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I will portray a king on horseback.

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To describe in words; to convey.

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To play a role; to depict a character, person, situation, or event.

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For my next movie, I will be portraying Shakespeare.

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To adorn.

He is portrayed as the archadversary and accuser of man.

Raphael cordially responded to the Bolognese master's admiration, and said, in a letter dated in 1508, that few painters or none had produced Madonnas more beautiful, more devout, or better portrayed than those of Francia.

The evil queen was portrayed by the author as malignant and powerful.

The Portuguese in Angola and the agents of King Leopold in the Congo State have not been conspicuous friends of missionary enterprise, and the light-hearted childishness of the native character, so well portrayed in Miss Kingsley's writings, shows how difficult it is to build up a strong and stable Christian church.

If her look portrayed honesty, Dean's statement caught her completely off balance.

Portrayed in hymns and myths as a god of war and pestilence, there can be little doubt that Nergal represents the sun of noontime and of the summer solstice which brings destruction to mankind.

Yet even in this sterner setting the figure portrayed is unmistakably the same.

Many of the characteristics portrayed are the consequences of untreated acromegaly.

There was no " people " until the tribal confederation portrayed in Joshua 24.

Elizabeth is portrayed sporting an excellent example of the butterfly headdress.

It's a delicately crafted script full of witty vignettes although it does feel oddly lopsided because the supporting characters are more roundly portrayed.

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With paper and tracking benefits limits that portrayed sleazy to force companies.

As my finger tips trace line and curve, they discover the thought and emotion which the artist has portrayed.

Is it the rapacious anti-union beast run by Americans that exploits workers as portrayed by the GMB union?

Livingston portrayed Emily Quartermaine on GH from 2003 through May of 2008.

A fairy is often thought of as the cute little magical being portrayed in children's stories.

With the breadth and depth of the Saviour's sympathy, which are so fully exhibited in this Gospel, we may connect the clearness with which His true humanity is here portrayed.

The lecturer had a singular power of identifying himself for the time with the system which he expounded and the historical character he portrayed.

As brilliantly portrayed by veteran actor George Cole, the man was, of course, Arthur Daley.

The author portrayed Barnard as a ' ruthlessly ambitious, manipulative womanizer obsessed with money ' .

The piece was beautifully choreographed, the characters were very well portrayed & engaged the audience with humor & charm.

Joanna's mother and Mrs Passenger are portrayed as virtually comatose.

This trait seems to be portrayed as more of a general consequence of life, not a specifically feminine one.

His conclusions, rather than finding support for integration, portrayed it as supporting the existing ethnic division and perpetuating social inequality.

Once antisemites portrayed us as sexual libertines and perverts to undermine our moral authority.

I spent some time trying to use the cranes and docks, which are graphically portrayed in the game, but to no avail.

This having been said many of the incidental features in the illustrations, including the depiction of pots, appear to be realistically portrayed.

The desert world portrayed in Critical Mass bears a remarkable similarity to Frank Herbert's Dune.

He complained that he had been portrayed as a " professional slacker " and being habitually concerned with supplying counterfeit goods at work.

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Yugoslav fresco and beyond, St. Peter is always portrayed with curly, shortish hair and a rounded white beard.

The desert world portrayed in Critical Mass bears a remarkable similarity to Frank Herbert 's Dune.

Vishneva, a refined actress, was splendid in the title role, and convincingly portrayed Manon from her innocence to her final downfall.

In the 1950s, the television show Leave it to Beaver portrayed what was perceived as the quintessential modern American family.

Remember that seizures may not always be dramatic; they may include blacking out or loses of consciousness without the jerky movements portrayed on television.

Americana folk art is portrayed as naive in style and does not follow the traditional rules of proportion and perspective.

Catholicism is one of the most portrayed religions throughout the media, whether it's movies, novels or on television.

By color coordinating everyone's outfits, each family member is portrayed as being equally important.

Stress is usually portrayed in a negative light and some people are surprised to learn that stress can be a good thing as well.

Although some parents may be concerned about the store's sexy image portrayed in advertising campaigns, Victoria's Secret's selection of bras is hard to beat.

Dancing figures, elephants, sacred animals, and other gods are often portrayed in statues that line aisles.

He was cast as Adam Chandler Jr. on ABC's All My Children, a role he portrayed for three years.

Isaiah Washington, who portrayed Dr. Preston Burke on the hit television series Grey's Anatomy, is not returning to work in the fall.

Hathaway turned down the lead in 2007's Knocked Up because the movie portrayed a graphic scene of a woman giving birth.

Most were bit parts in programs such as Charles in Charge, Silver Spoons and Family Ties, interspersed with several TV movies (notably, she portrayed a young Grace Kelly in 1983's Grace Kelly).

She was able to parlay this dramatic change into a role on the TV sitcom It's Like, You Know..., where she poked fun at herself and the fact that she looked so different from the earlier film characters she'd portrayed.

In Footloose, Lori Singer portrayed Ariel Moore, daughter of a small-town Bible-thumping pastor who has helped to make dancing and rock music illegal in the area, due to a tragedy that happened years before.

After a stint as an interior designer, MacGraw hit it big with a role in Goodbye, Columbus and in the 1970 film Love Story, in which she portrayed Jennifer Cavelleri, the doomed female half of the couple in the movie.

Many celebrities are portrayed in movies and on TV as smokers, but these gentleman are also hooked in real life.