glamorize

When I interviewed him for the first time in 2005, he insisted that fearless owners were every bit as important in preserving democracy as the reporters he and Hoffman helped glamorize.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

Michael Mann’s Ferrari may glamorize speed, but Mann isn’t shy about showing its consequences.

From Slate ● Nov. 27, 2023

In too many ways to chronicle, it turned out to be easier to glamorize the minimalist simplicity of a smartphone-free life in the abstract.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2022

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

Yes I know there’s a cult that loves its night tennis, that glamorizes it, that thinks it’s an essential part of the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

“I don't find that this movie glamorizes suicide. I don't find that this movie simplifies suicide. I think it shows it for the complexity.”

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2024

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

With a fresh fade in denim-on-denim or in a suave black-and-yellow rayon shirt, Tre glamorizes himself as anxious teenagers often do: boldly, loudly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2021

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

"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

These women aren’t glamorized by Brathwaite’s lens, and I wish the exhibition had made more explicit their roles as co-developers of the movement.

From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2022

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

By upgrading marriage registries with chandeliers, flower arches and poetry, local Chinese officials are glamorizing city hall weddings in hopes of encouraging young couples to marry and boost the nation’s declining birthrate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

“She’s glamorizing the lie that women can have it all!”

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Though the streamer’s history of glamorizing and heightening heinous acts isn’t necessarily indicative of the quality of “The Perfect Neighbor,” it does cloud the documentary’s release with apprehension.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2025

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