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Definition

to depict (represent or describe in a particular way)

or:

to act the character of

She portrayed a struggling artist in the movie.

When Chris visited with Kris Gillmer, he frequently railed against Walt and Billie, portraying them as unreasonable tyrants.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

portraying = describing

The way the narrators portray Egyptian magic is also supported by archaeological evidence.
Rick Riordan -- The Red Pyramid
It's an ending that continues to elude some of the individuals portrayed in the story.
Joshua Davis -- Spare Parts
But your legends portray me as a damsel who waited in a tower with a magic necklace that would help the heroic prince.
Sarah J. Maas -- Throne of Glass
They thought I had portrayed their business in an unfavorable light, which was true.
Michael Pollan -- The Omnivore's Dilemma
But what human language can adequately portray that astonishment, that horror which possessed me at the spectacle then presented to view?
Edgar Allan Poe -- William Wilson
Here, indeed, is portrayed with graphic touch the final all-engulfing cataclysm.
Joseph Campbell -- The Hero With a Thousand Faces
It wasn't hard for her to portray Ammu as the person actually responsible for Sophie Mors death.
Arundhati Roy -- The God of Small Things
It was thus a terrible thing for this lady to hear the painter speak of his desire to portray even his young bride.
Edgar Allan Poe -- MS. Found in a Bottle
As my finger tips trace line and curve, they discover the thought and emotion which the artist has portrayed.
Helen Keller -- Story of My Life
People are portrayed precisely as they are.
Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World
I was also convinced that something as fun as deer hunting should never be portrayed as being something bland.
Willie & Korie Robertson -- The Duck Commander Family
I told her Phillip is not the man he portrayed himself to be.
Jaycee Lee Dugard -- A Stolen Life
The very newspaper that the actor had once hoped would print the letter explaining his actions is instead portraying him as an abomination.
Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Lincoln
That was how life's storm cast you up on my shore, O my pride, that is how I'll portray you.
Boris Pasternak -- Doctor Zhivago
I have, however, felt bound to portray the shadow which, alike in the west and in the east, falls upon the world.
Winston Churchill -- Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
I have felt bound to portray the shadow which, alike in the west and in the east, falls upon the world.
Winston Churchill -- Churchill's Sinews of Peace Speech
I remember one where a little male child punched a bully, and that was portrayed as being the right thing to do.
Stephenie Meyer -- The Host
Behind her on the wall hung a large tapestry that portrayed a meeting in some vanished landscape between two horsemen on a road.
Cormac McCarthy -- All the Pretty Horses

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