protray or portray
There are a lot of words in English that begin in “pro-.” This is not one of them. When you make a portrait, you portray someone.
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protray vs portray :
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- v portray in words
The book portrays the actor as a selfish person - v make a portrait of
Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba - v assume or act the character of
The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man - v represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture
The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting
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- Darrell Issa's Surprising Compromise to Fix the Post Office
Postal worker unions and their mostly Democratic allies in Congress sometimes portray Darrell Issa as a malevolent figure bent on destroying the U.S. Postal Service.
June 14, 2013 - BusinessWeek - Edward Snowden: Whistle-blowing protections most likely won't help
While Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor, and others portray him as a heroic whistle-blower, his decision to make top secret documents public severely limits his legal protections, analysts say.
June 14, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor - In ‘Aliyah,’ a Trip From France to Israel Is Dangerous
Cédric Kahn, left, and Pio Marmaï portray brothers in Paris. The anxiety that infuses the elliptical family drama “Aliyah” is underscored by Schoenberg’s feverish, brooding “Verklärte Nacht.”
June 13, 2013 - New York Times