deifying

Example Sentences

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It is certainly true that at some point we, as a culture, must stop deifying people whose work, message or backstory we admire.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2023

“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

“No one would ever confuse me with a saint,” Rick Ledbetter admits after deifying his younger brother, Tommy.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2017

Subsequently the emperors assumed it during their own lifetimes, thus deifying themselves.

From The Hindu-Arabic Numerals by Karpinski, Louis Charles