idolize
Example Sentences
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That sort of focus doesn’t come naturally to all of today’s entrepreneurs who grew up idolizing Jobs.
Yet Norris, who idolized John Wayne as a child, became an actor as an afterthought.
From Barron's
Admirers kept him on a pedestal even as former UFW members alleged over the last two decades that the boss they once idolized purged too many good people in the name of absolute control.
From Los Angeles Times
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.
His cross-country supremacy has made him one of the most famous and beloved athletes in a country that idolizes the stars of winter sports.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
