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romanticize

[roh-man-tuh-sahyz] / roʊˈmæn təˌsaɪz /
VERB
make glamorous
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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In an interview, he said: “It’s easy to romanticize the golden days.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The broken promises of utopia are beyond my generation, allowing us to romanticize the security socialism pledges but can’t provide.

From The Wall Street Journal

As Ms. Low says, many women need to “stop romanticizing work” and “remember that your employer will never love you back.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The author tends to romanticize the game, even at its most brutal.

From The Wall Street Journal

The comedy premiered in 2015 on the CW and is about a character so desperate to feel happy that she romanticizes a relationship she had as a teenager at summer camp.

From Los Angeles Times