glamorize
Frequently Asked Questions
- Some war films show the agony of war, while others glamorize it.
- I try not to glamorize the past when I write historical fiction.
- She accused the media of glamorizing the life of a pop star.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The deglamorized Bullock is all steeliness in what is, arguably, an Oscar-baiting performance.
From Salon • Dec. 10, 2021
The Empire actress is thoroughly deglamorized, seen at one point with a half-eaten rib in her hand, telling off C.P. midchew.
From Slate • Apr. 5, 2019
Jennifer Aniston had strenuously deglamorized herself for her role in Cake as a woman with chronic pain syndrome in a little-seen drama that somehow pulled a Golden Globe nomination.
From Time • Jan. 15, 2015
As the critic Robert Fiore wrote in the book “The New Comics”: “They were like no war comics ever before, rough-minded, deglamorized, and painstakingly researched. Kurtzman portrayed warfare as dirty, frightening, capricious and absurd.”
From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2014
They gathered in London weeks ago, there attended lectures which deglamorized life in Canada.
From Time Magazine Archive
