Examples of idolatry in a Sentence

her idolatry of her favorite rock star is one step removed from stalking

Recent Examples on the Web However, such idolatry might be inappropriate for a man who, as his son tells it, was less invested in his own celebrity than in organizing races, and participating in them into his mid 80s. — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 6 Mar. 2021 There’s nothing in this hellzapoppin lampoon to prevent one from remembering its Hollywood idolatry as The Unbearable Weight of Nicolas Cage. — Armond White, National Review, 22 Apr. 2022 Ultimately this phenomenon is a kind of idolatry, an attempt to be as God is. — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 25 Mar. 2022 TikTok accounts — create an illusory sense of intimacy that fans would not necessarily experience with the objects of their idolatry a century, or even a decade, ago. — New York Times, 14 Mar. 2022 There is plenty of important work to be done in diagnosing and correcting what ails portions of the Evangelical right — extreme polarization, political idolatry, susceptibility to demagoguery, etc. — Brian G. Mattson, National Review, 20 Feb. 2022 This is idolatry, this willingness to blame God for the morally wrong choices of humans. — The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Feb. 2022 There is a temptation when discussing culturally significant and exalted figures like poet, playwright and activist Amiri Baraka to speak with an air of unfettered worship — to move past humanity and instead towards idolatry. — Sarah-tai Black, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2022 Spencer itself is only a half-bad movie, promoting idolatry for a public that has lost respect for tradition and that has no sense of duty or sense of occasion. — Armond White, National Review, 10 Nov. 2021 See More

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