lionization
Example Sentences
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Her status as a mysterious, cloistered figure had been solidified after a decade of speculation and lionization on Internet message boards and blogs as crate diggers shared rips of her impossibly rare LPs.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2021
Some Egyptian commentators have contrasted the lionization of Mr. Zaki’s accusers with the treatment of the seven women jailed for posting TikTok videos.
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2020
But a good deal of history gets lost in the lionization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2020
Image: Wikipedia If there’s a dark side to the film’s idealism, it’s General Magic’s lionization of punishing development crunch times.
From The Verge ● Apr. 22, 2018
To give her credit, I think this lionization bothered her, embarrassed her a little, and she probably wondered at times if it were all sincere.
From Do Unto Others by Clifton, Mark
