idolatry

Example Sentences

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Anyone speaking of Kissinger’s sincerity will forgive me if I do not indulge in such idolatry.

From Salon • Dec. 1, 2023

Rand isn’t a character but the object of undue idolatry for Anna, a 39-year-old writer whose own “satire of the opioid epidemic” has just been called “classist” by the New York Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2023

The Israeli government expressed alarm over the defacement, which officials also attributed to Jewish iconoclasm in obedience to early prohibitions against idolatry.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2023

Protestant pastors are seeing a new form of idolatry taking hold of their congregations.

From Washington Times • Aug. 10, 2022

She must have looked into our eyes and seen the shining idolatry there and understood that she was trapped.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck