glorify

“The restraints weren’t on. I didn’t want to glorify it.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Despite the grandeur of the Endeavour, the Science Center didn’t want to glorify it either.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

Nawrocki said Kyiv's "decision to glorify the UPA is not only outrageous" but also "deeply disappointing", undermining "reconciliation" between the two nations.

From Barron's ● Jun. 20, 2026

Mussolini constructed the Arch of the Philaeni to glorify fascist Italy’s colonial projects in North Africa.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2025

His attack was on those who wrote history to ratify and glorify the present, particularly present political arrangements.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

“We have a culture that glorifies work,” says Tosti-Kharas, pointing to the ethos of hard work at the core of the American dream.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025

The press glorifies Dudamel as the next Leonard Bernstein one minute and looks for flaws anywhere it can find them the next.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2025

“He won’t play in a drama that glamorizes evil or glorifies violence. ‘I’m no nut on that,’ he says, ‘my pictures don’t have to carry a message — but they do have to say something.’

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

"However," it added, "this does not mean at all that the image glorifies these figures or attributes any dignity to them."

From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2024

It was a day of little things; the little things Love glorifies.

From Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) by Mary Cholmondeley

In the meantime, her own Los Angeles abode became more of a glorified closet than a true home.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

Hiding away in a glorified ice chest would also have been a blow to the 80-year-old’s dignity.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

In addition, Paoletta has glorified Thomas as a legal commentator for years, including in a book he edited and in a documentary that features 25 hours of interviews with Thomas about his life.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

“He was glorified in a way that ultimately turned some people against him.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

The mud wall, short and pocked with holes, enclosed the tiny house—which was really not much more than a glorified hut.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

In Bosnia, by contrast, an opposition politician was sentenced to three years in prison for "glorifying" Karadžić and Mladić in January 2026.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

“You can put your effort into glorifying your cake with frosting, dreaming up an exciting trim that puts your own label on it.”

From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026

“Duchamp Takes New York” readily conforms to the predictable narrative about the artist, glorifying his influence and spirit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Sansal may be free, but prominent French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes remains in an Algerian prison, sentenced to seven years for "glorifying terrorism" for having sought to interview an outlawed group.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025

The colors deepened, glorifying Ishtar and pushing Nergal into a darkness that verged on consuming existence.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda