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Recent Examples of idealize Unlike many romantic films that idealize love, Blue Valentine strips away all sentimentality, portraying a relationship that is messy, imperfect and often uncomfortable to watch. Travis Bean, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025 Greco-Roman tradition had long idealized the vigorous, penetrating patriarch, and Jewish custom celebrated those men who had large families and multiple wives. S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025 Whether idealizing the rugged frontiersman or the daring entrepreneur, Americans take pride in the idea of forging their own paths. Sunita Sah, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2025 Entrepreneurship is often idealized as a lifestyle of absolute freedom and flexibility, requiring the bare minimum in terms of effort. Vinayak Mahtani, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for idealize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for idealize
Verb
  • Apocalypse Now might fit into that Truffaut problem that sometimes is identified with war films, which is that cinema likes to romanticize and seduce.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Unlike other shows about the elite, The White Lotus doesn't romanticize luxury.
    Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Lopakhin and Varya are pushed together throughout the play, but poor Varya, also born working class, will never be able to break through the part of Lopakhin that still idolizes the very nobility that oppressed his family for generations.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Green’s lawyer, John Burke, highlighted how abuse and instability in his childhood led him to idolize gang members and join a gang as a young teenager.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Some people glamorized certain revolutionary kinds of characters willing to resort to violence.
    Gary Graff, Billboard, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The pandemic shined a light on the high cost of child care, while recent social media trends have glamorized a more traditional view of the stay-at-home wife and mother.
    Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Bookings are already softening from corporate and leisure customers, especially in domestic markets, although according to Delta, premium and international demand remains strong so far.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables begin to soften and are fragrant.
    Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 8 Apr. 2025

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“Idealize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idealize. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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