idolized

Example Sentences

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Adam Lankford, a criminologist at the University of Alabama who has studied the global proliferation of mass shootings, said the internet gives broad access to online communities where mass shooters are idolized.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

Yet Norris, who idolized John Wayne as a child, became an actor as an afterthought.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Mr. Bird idolized that flawed man, and Mr. O’Brien writes that the son always claimed that Joe Bird took his life so that his ex-wife, Larry’s mother, Georgia, could receive his social-security checks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

There’s a moment in first episode of the third season of “Lupin” when Assane Diop, the gentleman thief audiences love, walks through a crowd that once idolized him.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2025

It must be wonderful to be idolized so.

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo