The second form of each is more formal than we US'n's tend to be, at least in speech. Most of us wouldn't say the word being. Though it is correct.

Hmm--does it help to set apart the phrase, as: Looking for a word that means 'to depict something as being dangerous'.

Also--more informal speech--all of these omit the "I am" that could/would/should begin the sentence--which really isn't a sentence without those words.