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fictionalize

[ US /ˈfɪkʃənəˌɫaɪz/ ]
VERB
  1. convert into the form or the style of a novel
    The author novelized the historical event
  2. make into fiction
    The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel

How To Use fictionalize In A Sentence

  • The Book of Judith (second or early first century b.c.e.) is an imaginative, highly fictionalized, romance that entertains as it edifies. Judith: Apocrypha.
  • I’m not so sure that acknowledging up front that some events have been fictionalized is a problem. An Experiment for Fake Memoirs - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
  • Civvies is a fictionalised account of ex-paratroopers trying to adjust to civilian life.
  • The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel
  • Yesterday ... we went to Warwick and saw Michael Mann's Public Enemies (fictionalized from a non-fiction book by Bryan Burrough) which was actually quite good. No Sleep Demons 2
  • Despite it all, he wrote a fictionalised account of his disastrous passion and was promptly mauled by critics and friends alike.
  • Agatha, Apted's next film, is a much more decorous and gentle crime film, a fictionalised version of the disappearance of mystery writer Agatha Christie in 1926.
  • I have always been fascinated by how people fictionalise their lives, how they tell stories and act them out.
  • What distortions one finds in these fictionalized self-portraits and in Madame de Stael's memoirs arise most often from her inveterate idealism and enthusiasm rather than calculation.
  • Among journalists, the truth has always been subordinated to petty envy and fictionalized morality tales.
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