glorify

Example Sentences

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Much of this imagery is hyper unrealistic and intended to glorify rather than mislead.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

“Our community will not tolerate acts that glorify Nazism or spread fear, and we will hold offenders accountable.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025

He said his outreach isn’t to glorify war but to leave the message that “there must be a way, other than war, to resolve difficulties.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024

Other Serb nationalists have been delighted to take the same approach – and even glorify Mladic as a Serb hero.

From BBC • May 23, 2024

Don’t they all glorify God as much as ‘Paul’ and ‘Peter’ and ‘Simon’?” Aunty Ifeoma was getting annoyed; I knew by her raised voice, by her snappy tone.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie