- past tense form of romanticize.
- past participle of romanticize.
romanticized
Example Sentences
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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
South Korea’s romanticized “marriage of the century” has morphed into a real-life drama everybody is calling the “divorce of the century.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Licolli, the poultry organizer, said she has “never romanticized the immigrant community and the immigrant movement.”
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2026
Its pitch was to show the Golden State as a romanticized destination, one that in the post-Gold Rush era has often given America permission to dream.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
“Since I’ve known him. If he had any sense, he would’ve tossed out that romanticized idea of her he’s had for so long and gotten to work doing something useful.”
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
