Examples of immortalize in a Sentence
The battle was immortalized in a famous poem.
The explorers were immortalized when the mountains were named after them.
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Sabathia won’t be the only ex-Yankee immortalized in Cooperstown this summer, though Ichiro Suzuki will obviously wear a Mariners cap on his plaque after receiving all but one BBWAA vote.
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2025
This cultural fascination with women’s hair spans centuries and continents, immortalized in every form of art—like Edgar Degas’ Woman Combing Her Hair or Pablo Picasso’s Woman with Yellow Hair.
—Eva Crouse, Flow Space, 31 Jan. 2025
Their priority to save lives has immortalized their names in history.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
An exhibition at the Red Eight Gallery in London is immortalizing the greatest Shakespearean actors of our time through portraits that can blink, breathe and rattle off soliloquies.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2025
This cultural fascination with women’s hair spans centuries and continents, immortalized in every form of art—like Edgar Degas’ Woman Combing Her Hair or Pablo Picasso’s Woman with Yellow Hair.
—Eva Crouse, Flow Space, 31 Jan. 2025
Their priority to save lives has immortalized their names in history.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
An exhibition at the Red Eight Gallery in London is immortalizing the greatest Shakespearean actors of our time through portraits that can blink, breathe and rattle off soliloquies.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Immortalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immortalize. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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immortalize
verb
im·mor·tal·ize
im-ˈȯrt-ᵊl-ˌīz 
immortalized; immortalizing
: to make immortal
the battle was immortalized in a famous poem
immortalization
noun
-ˌȯrt-ᵊl-ə-ˈzā-shən
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