immortalized

past tense of immortalize

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of immortalized Curry originated the role onstage in London and immortalized it in 1975’s Rocky Horror Picture Show. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026 Schamis is an old-school Wall Street guy who spent his early career at Salomon Brothers, the trading shop immortalized in Michael Lewis’s Liar’s Poker. Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026 But while Manson and his crimes have been immortalized in the media, his victims’ families have worked tirelessly to ensure their lives are just as remembered. Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026 Now, she's been immortalized with a Barbie doll and the pink energy of girlhood is headed for State Farm Arena. Irene Wright, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026 With diminished stuff, Williams served up the home run that won the title, a moment immortalized this month in a statue outside Rogers Centre. Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 31 July 2026 The Swiss watchmaker Jaquet Droz has immortalized her designs with the Grand Feu enameling technique on four signature watch models, as has designer Salome Petviashvili — Rusudan’s sister — in a collection of luxury silk scarves. The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 28 July 2026 Gillian Anderson is elated that she’s been immortalized in minifigure form for the new LEGO X-Files set. Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 It’s been almost four decades since John McClane was immortalized in film history. Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immortalized
Verb
  • In 2022, Parton herself commemorated her first appearance on the beloved Disney Channel series.
    McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
  • As the 25th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the Oak Lawn Public Library commemorated the village’s memorial to the tragedy with a visit from its creator.
    Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Once, Myers celebrated a Knicks win from one side of the prison wall while Hood cheered from the other.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The site says that there are 5,000 sailors on board, and within the last week, the ship celebrated its 200,000th arrest landing in its 34 years.
    Chris Quintana, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Davis shared her thoughts alongside a side-by-side comparison of the costume with 19th-century minstrel imagery, which perpetuated racist stereotypes about Black Americans and involved the use of blackface.
    Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Many people today have inherited and perpetuated this way of thinking without knowing it, including those who are deemed deficient by it.
    Hilary Smith, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The memorandum of understanding that was reached in June called for a ceasefire that has been honored in the breach.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • For King, The American Legion volunteers’ clean-up efforts honored the veterans buried at the cemetery and showed him those individuals have not been forgotten.
    Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026

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“Immortalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immortalized. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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