idols

Example Sentences

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Their idols have become their guests: Clarkson talked about starting antidepressants while going through a divorce.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

The young filmmaker, who counts "One Battle After Another" director Paul Thomas Anderson among his idols, said the isolation and missed opportunities that technology imposes on men in particular was something he wanted to examine.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

Flesh-and-blood idols almost always fall short of our expectations.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

And so cocky B.J. zooms across the ocean to reboot his career on “Wildcard,” a South Korean reality competition show that narrows 52 aspiring K-pop idols to one winner.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Once having set up her idols and built altars to diem it was inevitable that she would worship there.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston