lionize
Example Sentences
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It's nice for people to support you, don't get me wrong, but we can't lionize people being in prison.
From Salon • Oct. 24, 2024
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
Mr. Ostin’s unflagging support for artists led them to lionize him.
From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2022
“We foolishly lionize athletes and make them heroes because they can hit a ball or catch one,” Mr. Russell once said.
From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2022
"I want you to lionize an old friend of mine, who has the ambition to 'do' Connemara under your guidance."
From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
Vocabulary lists containing lionize
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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