exaltation

Example Sentences

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Was it the implicit awkwardness of a televised exaltation or something worse?

From Washington Post

We have all the hallmarks — support for “strongmen” with questionable ethics, rabid exaltation of our “dear leader,” turning a blind eye to corrupt motives plus rising violence and racism.

From Los Angeles Times

Its early exaltation was tempered as soon as the officials walked to the video monitor, their third such trip in the game’s final moments.

From Washington Post

Gu is the quintessential athlete for an entangled Games — astonishing and complicated, able to provoke exaltation and conflict.

From Washington Post

The flip side of nationalism is always racism, the exaltation of the self, the tribe, the nation, the race above the other, who is debased and dehumanized as unworthy of life.

From Salon