idolize

Example Sentences

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His path to this moment began with a Japanese TV show he watched as a child, featuring a charismatic violinist-pianist he quickly came to idolize.

From Los Angeles Times

Murphy idolized Pryor as a young comedian and wanted to be like him.

From Los Angeles Times

There’s a moment in first episode of the third season of “Lupin” when Assane Diop, the gentleman thief audiences love, walks through a crowd that once idolized him.

From Salon

That was before he stood on a balcony in Wales, 15 years ago, and looked below to a mass of idolizing golf fans, begging to be sprayed with champagne.

From Los Angeles Times

He loved the movies and idolized Gary Cooper and James Dean.

From Los Angeles Times