idolatrous

Example Sentences

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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

On that occasion, it was traditionalists who reacted in fury: they threw what they saw as idolatrous statues into the Tiber.

From The Guardian • Feb. 14, 2020

I have seen at first hand a variety of experiences where workers united in cooperatives and other forms of community organization were able to create work where there were only crumbs of an idolatrous economy.

From Time • Jul. 10, 2015

He authorized an aggressive campaign to purify churches of supposedly idolatrous images and objects.

From New York Times • May 29, 2014

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 Schindler, Anton