- past tense form of romanticize.
- past participle of romanticize.
romanticized
Example Sentences
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He’s not unaware that Meyers’ mostly 20-something male friends have — like many — romanticized the gritty abandon of lower Manhattan’s bygone literary scene and perhaps Ed’s tenuous place in it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The Keith painting is “quintessential California, a romanticized view of the Sierra Nevada range. William Keith, the painter, was friends with John Muir,” Falcone said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
Licolli, the poultry organizer, said she has “never romanticized the immigrant community and the immigrant movement.”
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2026
Family told her to move on and friends romanticized her ordeal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
In the same vein, all the heroic portraits of the great men were romanticized distortions.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
