lionize

Example Sentences

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There’s also a whole bit in the courtroom of David swatting at a fly as his attorney attempts to lionize him.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2024

It refuses to lionize Logan, but it's still a tough act to follow.

From Salon • May 22, 2023

They like the stories that either demonize or lionize these people.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2023

“There is a prevailing narrative in the public mind to sort of lionize certain weapons systems as having a defining impact on certain conflicts,” he said, but “the reality is often more complex.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2022

I believe they'd lionize Charley Chaplin if he'd let them, but I understand he's more exclusive than we are.

From Black Oxen by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn