"portray" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Female physicists, astronomers and mathematicians are up against more than 2,000 years of convention that has long portrayed these fields as inherently male.
- China has long portrayed itself as an active proponent of nuclear disarmament and imbued its announcement today with a similar flavor.
- Morocco has long portrayed itself as a peaceful place, a fiercely nationalistic oasis of stability largely untouched by terrorism or the civil strife in neighboring Algeria.
- Chicago, which has long portrayed itself as a "city of neighborhoods," is at last becoming a city with a real neighborhood downtown.
- Mr. Ecevit has long portrayed himself as an advocate for human rights.
- Pakistan has long portrayed itself as the true defender of Kashmiris and their call for independence.
- American intelligence reports have long portrayed North Korea's leaders as being bent on using unconventional methods, including drug smuggling and nuclear blackmail, to prop up their failing economy.
- Taiwan has long portrayed itself as a beacon of hope for the mainland, a view that was laughable during its repressive years.
- Like other Scandinavian countries, Sweden has long portrayed itself as a haven for outsiders seeking sanctuary, and its population of nine million people now includes 400,000 Muslims.
- Mr. Bloomberg has long portrayed developing the far West Side as the cornerstone of his economic development program, saying that the city will lose convention business without it.
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