memorialize
verb
me·mo·ri·al·ize
mə-ˈmȯr-ē-ə-ˌlīz 
memorialized; memorializing
1
: to address or petition by a memorial
2
a
: to serve as a memorial of : commemorate
a statue memorializing the event
b
: to do or create something that causes people to remember (a person, thing, or event)
a period in history that has been memorialized in countless films
Examples of memorialize in a Sentence
an exciting period in history that has been memorialized in many popular books and movies
at the entrance to the park stands a statue memorializing the novelist Sir Walter Scott
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Residents can commemorate a special event, honor a friend or family member, or memorialize someone dear by purchasing a personalized brick.
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Debby Rice, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026
In a deeply emotional moment on the show, Hunter memorialized his late sister, Joanna Lewis, who died in Vacaville in 2011.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 24 Feb. 2026
Instead, days later, Judy, an abstract painter whose source of inspiration was the natural world, was memorialized in her lush garden by friends, family, and most particularly by her twin, Betsy, who read passages from a letter Judy had written her the previous summer.
—Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
Amid the country's political divisions, there have been flareups over who is memorialized at the Capitol with a service to lie in state, or honor, in the Rotunda.
—Matt Brown, Arkansas Online, 21 Feb. 2026
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Debby Rice, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026
In a deeply emotional moment on the show, Hunter memorialized his late sister, Joanna Lewis, who died in Vacaville in 2011.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 24 Feb. 2026
Instead, days later, Judy, an abstract painter whose source of inspiration was the natural world, was memorialized in her lush garden by friends, family, and most particularly by her twin, Betsy, who read passages from a letter Judy had written her the previous summer.
—Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
Amid the country's political divisions, there have been flareups over who is memorialized at the Capitol with a service to lie in state, or honor, in the Rotunda.
—Matt Brown, Arkansas Online, 21 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for memorialize
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“Memorialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/memorialize. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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