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
Michael Mann’s Ferrari may glamorize speed, but Mann isn’t shy about showing its consequences.
From Slate ● Nov. 27, 2023
Did I glamorize Los Angeles in a way that she would immediately find annoying?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
“Fourth Avenue Shallower” adds $700 million to past estimates, not counting any lid, nor renovations to glamorize Union Station and South Jackson Street.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
“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
Unlike the Grimace Shake incident, the Barbie Shake "yassifies," or glamorizes, its lucky drinkers.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2023
The book is also a love letter to activism, which isn’t to say it glamorizes it.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 10, 2022
Ms. McKinney compared its appeal to that of Van Life — a cultural movement that glamorizes living in a small space.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2021
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
The Gucci brand made billions turning the movement of everyday life into something to be coveted, to be gilded and to be glamorized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
Now that he had gone, these things, so long subdued by his presence, were glamorized in his wake.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
“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
In another, a man rants about tech being “over-glamorized” while acknowledging his own contributions to the glamorizing.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
Now, I regularly see stories glamorizing Wonder Valley and the eclectic lifestyle offered here.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2022
