heroized

past tense of heroize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for heroized
Verb
  • This clearly suggests that idealized online self-presentation can inflate social impressions but may create disappointment when offline reality does not match expectations.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • These values were generally shared by his employers at Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets, organisations idealized as the polar opposite of Emperor Palpatine's authoritarian dictatorship from a galaxy far, far away.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • By removing color, the focus shifts to texture, light, gesture, and gaze — emphasizing the nuances of connection and the multiplicity of what love can look like beyond normative, romanticized ideals.
    Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
  • While Shrek pouts about missing his solo ogre days, the dastardly Rumpelstiltskin takes advantage, offering him a contract to relive that romanticized time in his life — for a day.
    Skyler Trepel September 1, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But readers have also criticized Hoover for the book and movie’s portrayal of abuse, which some argued glamorized domestic violence.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said that the suspect, identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, appeared to have idolized many of the mass shooters who had gone before them.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Fein had long idolized the legendary producer and creator of the Wall of Sound.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 10 Aug. 2025
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“Heroized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heroized. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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