idolatrous
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"Hearts must be set free from an idolatrous thirst for profit," the Pope said.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
I am idolatrous, searching for false hope in the Gods of Perfect Bodies, the ones I’ve always wanted as my own, the bodies that I’ll never have.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2023
Would she pounce on some unwittingly idolatrous remark of mine and eviscerate me as she had done Bloom?
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2016
By the time of the English Civil War, church monuments were being smashed as idolatrous; wall paintings were covered with whitewash, brass plaques melted down for profit.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 12, 2013
For idolatrous admirers his heart was but a broad thoroughfare, along which thousands could go in and out without jostling against one another.
From Life of Beethoven by Anton Schindler
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