glamorize
Frequently Asked Questions
- Some war films show the agony of war, while others glamorize it.
- I try not to glamorize the past when I write historical fiction.
- She accused the media of glamorizing the life of a pop star.
Example Sentences
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It didn’t valorize or glamorize the economic downturn; it just portrayed it in the way that the people who lived there experienced it.
From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2026
Michael Mann’s Ferrari may glamorize speed, but Mann isn’t shy about showing its consequences.
From Slate ● Nov. 27, 2023
We expect that they have neatly stored and codified all of these documents so that we don’t have to; we can simply glamorize that code and conflate it with cinematic gesturing.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2023
While Mr. Earnest was careful not to glamorize intelligence work, he also seemed to enjoy occasionally pulling back the curtain on the life of the spy.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2022
“I suppose I did glamorize it a bit,” he admitted.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
“I don't find that this movie glamorizes suicide. I don't find that this movie simplifies suicide. I think it shows it for the complexity.”
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2024
Hollywood’s sins are manifold: It glamorizes violence, fetishizes youth, celebrates materialism and vulgar displays of raw power; it trivializes or ignores complexity, and appropriates cultural narratives shamelessly.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2022
With a fresh fade in denim-on-denim or in a suave black-and-yellow rayon shirt, Tre glamorizes himself as anxious teenagers often do: boldly, loudly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2021
While he has difficulty aligning his belief in a classless society with the royal family, he doesn’t think “The Crown” glamorizes them, despite its pageantry and splendor.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2020
Jones said she’s aware that some critics of the franchise believe the series glamorizes teen pregnancy to young viewers.
From Fox News ● Oct. 26, 2019
"It's very glamorized, and it feels very professional and fun," said Grace Stark, a world 100m bronze medallist in Tokyo last month.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025
Lestat’s figment doubles as his love’s guilty conscience and a glamorized memory.
From Salon ● May 26, 2024
A federal judge struck down the Food and Drug Administration’s authority to regulate premium, hand-rolled cigars on Wednesday, offering relief to makers of a luxury product glamorized in films and celebrations.
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
“I’ve always loved the glamorized environment of photo sets. I fell in love with it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2023
Now that he had gone, these things, so long subdued by his presence, were glamorized in his wake.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
“She’s glamorizing the lie that women can have it all!”
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Bayona’s film seeks to honor the story and strays away from glamorizing or sensationalizing the horrors the passengers and crew members endured.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
Though Van Soest’s film plays into Blanchard’s desire for fame, the director says he worried about glamorizing his subject too much and admits it was a tricky balancing act.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
That show became a hit for what many would consider the wrong reasons, in that it is accused of glamorizing its repugnant main subject.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2022
Perhaps best known for releasing jaw-dropping original films like “Moonlight” and “Midsommar,” the film distributor A24 is also in the business of glamorizing youthful nihilism.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
