idealize

Example Sentences

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Follow-up efforts will be needed in Iran but shouldn’t be based on an idealized world view.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The shift that matters most is moving away from idealized retirement planning and toward realistic, behavioral planning.”

From MarketWatch

The naked torso of Christ is that of an antique god, an elegantly idealized, robust body.

From The Wall Street Journal

For their part, many voters always seem to be searching for some idealized candidate who exists only in their imagination.

From Los Angeles Times

We picture an idealized version of ourselves—disciplined, virtuous, rising at dawn—rather than the empirical version that hits the snooze button.

From The Wall Street Journal