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
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It didn’t valorize or glamorize the economic downturn; it just portrayed it in the way that the people who lived there experienced it.
From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2026
Glamorous as the exiles are, Kentridge does not glamorize them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2025
Michael Mann’s Ferrari may glamorize speed, but Mann isn’t shy about showing its consequences.
From Slate ● Nov. 27, 2023
While Mr. Earnest was careful not to glamorize intelligence work, he also seemed to enjoy occasionally pulling back the curtain on the life of the spy.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2022
“I suppose I did glamorize it a bit,” he admitted.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
Booth glamorizes the hustle, but Lincoln lived the dangers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2025
However well researched and respectful Thyberg's film is, the lack of the seedy underbelly inadvertently glamorizes this business.
From Salon ● May 13, 2022
Hollywood’s sins are manifold: It glamorizes violence, fetishizes youth, celebrates materialism and vulgar displays of raw power; it trivializes or ignores complexity, and appropriates cultural narratives shamelessly.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2022
While he has difficulty aligning his belief in a classless society with the royal family, he doesn’t think “The Crown” glamorizes them, despite its pageantry and splendor.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2020
Jones said she’s aware that some critics of the franchise believe the series glamorizes teen pregnancy to young viewers.
From Fox News ● Oct. 26, 2019
"It's very glamorized, and it feels very professional and fun," said Grace Stark, a world 100m bronze medallist in Tokyo last month.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025
Lestat’s figment doubles as his love’s guilty conscience and a glamorized memory.
From Salon ● May 26, 2024
A federal judge struck down the Food and Drug Administration’s authority to regulate premium, hand-rolled cigars on Wednesday, offering relief to makers of a luxury product glamorized in films and celebrations.
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
Beyond that, most people present a glamorized version of their lives online, and instead of listening, empathizing and engaging in conversations, people leap to confrontations, trying to publicly obliterate anyone who disagrees with them.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2022
Now that he had gone, these things, so long subdued by his presence, were glamorized in his wake.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
Bayona’s film seeks to honor the story and strays away from glamorizing or sensationalizing the horrors the passengers and crew members endured.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
Though Van Soest’s film plays into Blanchard’s desire for fame, the director says he worried about glamorizing his subject too much and admits it was a tricky balancing act.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
“It wasn’t about glamorizing or promoting anything except telling her story that then could be a vehicle for others to have these very difficult conversations.”
From Washington Times ● Dec. 11, 2022
That show became a hit for what many would consider the wrong reasons, in that it is accused of glamorizing its repugnant main subject.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2022
He made an effusive introduction, only to be admonished for glamorizing the lifestyle that had led to their confinement.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2020
