romanticized
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By threading Celan’s poems through the lived record, Ms. Arno restores a proud, wounded, flirtatious, multilingual man often romanticized by reverence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 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
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 • Feb. 19, 2026
Perhaps the most famous, and certainly the most romanticized, version of a filibuster took place in the film “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
In the same vein, all the heroic portraits of the great men were romanticized distortions.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
