monumentalize
Example Sentences
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For the architects, the descending bleachers constitute a “reverse stoop,” another monumentalized form, this time of the brownstone stoops that are the front-row seats to Harlem’s street life.
Horibuchi’s virtuoso paintings examine the amateur and monumentalize the ephemeral and the tender without any sentimentality.
From New York Times
In one week, Modi had his name monumentalized on Earth and his face exalted in the stars.
From Washington Post
But what if we decided to monumentalize subtler expressions?
From Washington Post
They monumentalize the transitory nature of a border, driving home its arbitrariness and bureaucracy.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
