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1. portraying
noun. ['pɔrˈtreɪɪŋ'] a representation by picture or portraiture.
Etymology
- -ing (English)
- -ing (Middle English (1100-1500))
- portray (English)
- portraire (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
Rhymes with Portraying
- overplaying
- displaying
- disobeying
- replaying
- prepaying
- nonpaying
- doomsaying
- dismaying
- crocheting
- conveying
- betraying
- surveying
- straying
- spraying
- repaying
- purveying
- delaying
- decaying
- buffeting
- swaying
- staying
- slaying
- preying
- praying
- playing
- obeying
- greying
- graying
- fraying
- allaying
Sentences with portraying
1. Verb, gerund or present participle
This includes being in good health with no skin allergies and portraying a pleasant personality.
2. Adjective
Advertisers are increasingly portraying women who do not conform to a difficult-to-achieve ideal.
Quotes about portraying
1. I’ve become skeptical of the unwritten rule that just because a boy and girl appear in the same feature, a romance must ensue. Rather, I want to portray a slightly different relationship, one where the two mutually inspire each other to live - if I’m able to, then perhaps I’ll be closer to portraying a true expression of love.
- Hayao Miyazaki
2. ...wearing a turban of yellow, signifying knowledge, and a robe of purple, portraying purity and activity, Virchand Gandhi of Bombay delivered a lecture on the religions of India....
- The New York Times
