idolized
Example Sentences
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Also through him, we get to watch as Susan becomes disillusioned with the thing that she idolized the most: the music industry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
In place of the populars, Day said she began measuring herself against her favorite electronic artists, whose style of performance she idolized but felt she could never approximate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
Yet Norris, who idolized John Wayne as a child, became an actor as an afterthought.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
Mr. Bird idolized that flawed man, and Mr. O’Brien writes that the son always claimed that Joe Bird took his life so that his ex-wife, Larry’s mother, Georgia, could receive his social-security checks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026
Louie idolized Pete, who watched over him and their younger sisters, Sylvia and Virginia, with paternal protectiveness.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
