idolize

Example Sentences

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His path to this moment began with a Japanese TV show he watched as a child, featuring a charismatic violinist-pianist he quickly came to idolize.

From Los Angeles Times

Murphy idolized Pryor as a young comedian and wanted to be like him.

From Los Angeles Times

There’s a moment in first episode of the third season of “Lupin” when Assane Diop, the gentleman thief audiences love, walks through a crowd that once idolized him.

From Salon

That was before he stood on a balcony in Wales, 15 years ago, and looked below to a mass of idolizing golf fans, begging to be sprayed with champagne.

From Los Angeles Times

The only way to achieve success is through exploitation and destruction, and everyone we idolize figured that out a long time ago.

From Salon