lionize

Example Sentences

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There’s also a whole bit in the courtroom of David swatting at a fly as his attorney attempts to lionize him.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2024

It refuses to lionize Logan, but it's still a tough act to follow.

From Salon • May 22, 2023

His character — only referred to as Nitram, so as not to lionize the actual shooter, who remains in prison — plods through the movie like an intimidatingly oversized child.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2022

The library says it will humanize Roosevelt, not lionize him.

From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2022

Likely she hadn't understood him after all—he had only meant that he didn't want a mob of folks around making a fuss over him and trying to lionize him, as they had probably done over-harbour.

From Rilla of Ingleside by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)