idolized

Example Sentences

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Also through him, we get to watch as Susan becomes disillusioned with the thing that she idolized the most: the music industry.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

It’s clear from page one of “The Sane One” that James “Peter” Konkle, a human resources manager for 7-Eleven, was a charismatic figure — someone she idolized completely while growing up in Vermont and Massachusetts.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Yet Norris, who idolized John Wayne as a child, became an actor as an afterthought.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Mr. Bird idolized that flawed man, and Mr. O’Brien writes that the son always claimed that Joe Bird took his life so that his ex-wife, Larry’s mother, Georgia, could receive his social-security checks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

If Washington’s retirement hymn featured the “vine and fig tree,” Jefferson’s idolized “my family, my farm, and my books.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis