adulate

Example Sentences

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“On the one hand, I’m being adulated as this, you know, iconic figure, this person that everyone recognizes now, and knows. Which is fine. I can’t be distracted by that,” he said in an interview.

From Seattle Times

Burstein is not here simply to commiserate or adulate, though the film necessarily serves measures of both.

From Washington Post

Chirac was greeted by adulating crowds on a 2003 trip to Algeria, where he once battled Algerians fighting for independence from France.

From Seattle Times

Trump hates The Post, which he sees as reflecting too much criticism of his presidency — you know, “fake news” that does not adulate him.

From Salon

There are many who adulate Musk and Bezos, and view them as our generation's heroes.

From Salon