glorification

Example Sentences

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Strongmen have coveted this game for nearly as long as the World Cup has existed, attempting to bend a sport that belongs to everyone into the glorification of one man.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Recall also the Covid-era glorification of “quiet quitting”—in which employees simply stop doing the jobs they were contracted to do—and the scores of think pieces claiming that Americans’ “work-life balance” is less than optimal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The law also criminalises the glorification of colonialism, state-run TV reports.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

No amount of glorification will save the Constitution unless we address the underlying causes of what Yale Law School professor Jack Balkin calls “constitutional rot.”

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025

London's fervent condemnation of capitalist society, his glorification of the primordial world, his championing of the great unwashed—all of it mirrored McCandless s passions.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer