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
They like the stories that either demonize or lionize these people.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2023
Teams are insular, us-against-the-world micro-communities, and American culture tends to lionize those who close off the rest of the world, ignore criticism and win anyway.
From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2023
Russia loves to lionize its literary giants, but even the mighty Russian state could not open a museum in a shared apartment with other residents still ensconced in it.
From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2021
"I am afraid you are trying to lionize me," he jested.
From Nedra by McCutcheon, George Barr
Vocabulary lists containing lionize
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