idealize

Example Sentences

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With a book by Jessie Nelson adapted from Adrienne Shelly‘s film script, “Waitress” has a humanizing matter-of-factness about tropes that other theatrical stories about women often idealize.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2023

A number of Googlers I spoke with framed January’s job cuts—which took place via email—as a wake-up call for Googlers who still idealize their employer.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2023

Hornby is best known for “High Fidelity,” a peerless portrait of how a certain type of young man uses pop music to both idealize women, and carefully cultivate an emotional distance from them.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2023

The San Antonio artist doesn’t idealize her family background, however.

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2022

Many, including Enrique, begin to idealize their mothers.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario