Definition of "portraying" []

• Present participle of portray. (verb)

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• "On Tuesday I pointed out how Fib Dem Central was wilfully jumping to the wrong conclusions in portraying Helen Mary Jones 'response to the selection of 67 year old Keith Davies as Assembly candidate for Llanelli as being' ageist '- despite the evident fact that no mention of his age was made."
• "You make great use of humor as well as pathos in portraying Tanya's effortsshe applies every remedy she can think of to Mark's writer's block, from perfectly brewed coffee to submitting to sex that makes her cringe."
• "Le R: I've not read many of the "Oh, yeah, but my grandfather was an immigrant whatever so I get it" comments but there is NO WAY that even the most thickheaded person cannot see the inherent wrongness in portraying a PoC main character as lily white on the cover of the book."