idolize

And I’m walking up and down the street with this man who I idolize and we are at that moment like equals and teammates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

"I needed to take her from on high and put her on the ground because you can't play someone you idolize."

From Salon ● May 9, 2025

Not being able to live the idealized versions of herself—which include visions of being surrounded by friends and fans who love and idolize her for her beauty and talent—leaves Tessa profoundly distressed.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 16, 2023

“They go psycho on you, because they’re all psychopaths. They’re arrogant psychopaths with God complexes because our society has moved people to idolize doctors.”

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2023

The more I’d learned about Halliday’s life, the more I’d grown to idolize him.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

His cross-country supremacy has made him one of the most famous and beloved athletes in a country that idolizes the stars of winter sports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

“Rob was telling me about this kid, ‘Vargy,’ and ‘how much he looks up to you and how much he idolizes you,’” Martinez said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2023

An instinctively low-tax, small state politician who idolizes former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, he nonetheless forked out billions in government money to keep people and businesses afloat during the pandemic.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 24, 2022

She most idolizes a famous ship called the Inevitable.

From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2022

What is more common than to say of a man in love, 'he idolizes her,' 'he makes a god of her?'

From Literary Remains, Volume 1 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Also through him, we get to watch as Susan becomes disillusioned with the thing that she idolized the most: the music industry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

But Ike was never the sort of man-on-horseback-style commander that Churchill idolized in the manner of the First Duke of Marlborough, Napoleon Bonaparte or the Duke of Wellington.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

It’s clear from page one of “The Sane One” that James “Peter” Konkle, a human resources manager for 7-Eleven, was a charismatic figure — someone she idolized completely while growing up in Vermont and Massachusetts.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

Yet Norris, who idolized John Wayne as a child, became an actor as an afterthought.

From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026

It must be wonderful to be idolized so.

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo

That sort of focus doesn’t come naturally to all of today’s entrepreneurs who grew up idolizing Jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026

John speaks about being fascinated by the piano for as long as he can remember, watching and idolizing English pianist Winifred Atwell when she would play on television.

From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2024

Edwards said he grew up idolizing players like Vince Carter who were known for their dunking ability.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 18, 2024

The former Newhall Hart High star grew up a huge Dodgers fan, idolizing former slugger Shawn Green and a young left-hander named Clayton Kershaw.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2024

Siobhan's father loved tennis, but he grew up idolizing a team in another sport.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson