He sought to portray the race as already down to two or three candidates.

Each side sought to portray the jury decision as a victory.

He sought to portray himself as a candidate who could be a spokesman for the poor and the middle class.

Both men sought to portray that meeting as an effort to respond accurately to the press.

The Bush administration has sought to portray the opposition much more narrowly.

The Administration clearly sought to portray today's accord as a decision aimed at the political center.

They are seeking to portray the black men as unsavory individuals.

And each side sought to portray the other as the one dragging the campaign into the mud.

Republicans immediately sought to portray the vote as a defining one between the two parties.

With Wall Street, he sought to portray a social message.