romanticize

Example Sentences

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The historic Egmont was a Flemish general, a hero to his people in the Netherlands who attempts to serve the 16th century Spanish emperor, Philip II, and rife for Goethe’s romanticizing.

From Los Angeles Times

While home swapping is romanticized in movies like “The Holiday,” the idea of actually letting a stranger stay in your house while you’re not there might feel daunting.

From MarketWatch

Never mind that the romanticized vision of Mayberry hasn’t existed for decades, if it ever did.

From Salon

"It's fascinating that something hundreds of years old could so closely match what is around today and contrast so much with what people romanticize the past landscape to be."

From Science Daily

There is nothing romanticized about the pain her characters experience.

From Los Angeles Times