romanticize
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He hopes the early ’80s nostalgia will resonate not just for those who experienced it firsthand, but for young people now who romanticize a smartphone-free existence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The old common-law “hue and cry” is not a model to romanticize; it could be coercive, punitive, and exclusionary.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
“It’s easy to romanticize it, to say, ‘I want to live among the locals.’
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Sander does not romanticize, valorize or flatter them: The even lighting comes from an overcast sky; they are dressed in dark suits and hats, one smokes a cigarette, and each sports a cane.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
It is important to keep in mind, though, that many rappers and hip-hop artists do not aim to glorify or romanticize gangsta life or culture.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
But on the other, he romanticizes the legendary songwriting duo’s friendship out of proportion with the immutable facts of history.
From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2025
The way Miranda romanticizes Washington Heights in his Tony-winning musical “In the Heights” is nothing compared to the way “New York, New York” sentimentalizes the entire island of Manhattan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
“It very much romanticizes the idea of what not only Maori are going through but many Indigenous cultures around the world and almost downplays the suffering,” both from the past and present, Poole said.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2022
Their daring admixture of styles, materials and scales reads like a mission statement for a style that neither idolizes modern technology nor romanticizes the past.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2021
He misses Caroline terribly, and romanticizes her as the ideal woman.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
He’s not unaware that Meyers’ mostly 20-something male friends have — like many — romanticized the gritty abandon of lower Manhattan’s bygone literary scene and perhaps Ed’s tenuous place in it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Licolli, the poultry organizer, said she has “never romanticized the immigrant community and the immigrant movement.”
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2026
That’s by design, says Mero, who cites the ornately romanticized vibe and color palette of the Los Angeles Theatre as prime inspiration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
Family told her to move on and friends romanticized her ordeal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
When she thinks of that day, she’s certain she has romanticized it in the way of first loves.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
The just-quirky-girls-at-a-country-club mood does eventually turn darker, but the musical, like some other works of art about mental illness, often falls into the trap of romanticizing it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
"We are not romanticizing poverty. We want to change the prejudice that exists in people's minds."
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026
Los Angeles’ history reveals a pattern of romanticizing and sanitizing its cultural heritage while simultaneously displacing the very communities it claims to celebrate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
No doubt there's a long history of Americans romanticizing criminals, going back at least to Jesse James or Billy the Kid, who became icons of the Wild West.
From Salon ● May 31, 2024
How ridiculous that he’d still be romanticizing her in these final hours.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
