deifying

Example Sentences

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The deifying worked well enough when Stoops, a self-described “program guy,” ruled Norman.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2021

“They are not perfect. They are not perfect. We have to stop deifying them,” Mr. Lemon said.

From Washington Times • Jul. 9, 2020

One is a pitch-dark, but also visually cute, animated series that has perfected, by not deifying or lauding, the antihero, who this season was even more explicitly shown to be a #MeToo creep.

From Slate • Dec. 15, 2018

So let’s get to know Jenner as a person, as opposed to deifying her as a plaster saint.

From The Guardian • Mar. 19, 2016

Thus it naturally followed that the custom of deifying all things which the primitive mind was unable to grasp, led in direct line to the fire-worship of later days.

From The Miracle Mongers, an Exposé by Houdini, Harry