deifying

Example Sentences

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

From Washington Times • Jul. 9, 2020

It acts as a deifying diptych to that of The Epic – from space to the earthly pursuit of heaven.

From The Guardian • Nov. 21, 2019

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

Stage productions featuring him are rare and tend to stick to the deifying narrative.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2017

This certainly looked like deifying the man they delighted to honor, and I remember it seemed very wicked to me.

From 'Three Score Years and Ten' Life-Long Memories of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Other Parts of the West by Van Cleve, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark