How to Use glamorize in a Sentence

glamorize

verb
  • The movie was criticized for glamorizing crime and violence.
  • This is not a series that glamorizes drug abuse in any way, shape or form.
    — Susan Hornik, latimes.com, 6 June 2019
  • But that doesn’t mean Trap Muzik was meant to glamorize the streets.
    — Caleb Catlin, Billboard, 14 Apr. 2023
  • For now, its clunk is glamorized by celebrity iTunes playlists.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 Apr. 2005
  • Guns are glamorized and fetishized in ways that are disturbing.
    — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 2 Jan. 2020
  • Jaguar has often used racing both to improve its road cars and to glamorize them.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 20 June 2019
  • He was also disturbed by how pop culture glamorized gang and prison life.
    — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • But nothing is glamorized, no one is exploited and, get this, no phones yet fit in a purse.
    — Mark Kennedy, kansascity, 3 Aug. 2017
  • For better and worse, their splashy syncs glamorized the era’s violence and sleaze.
    — The Editors, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2017
  • But the cover provided to the boots on the ground by naval vessels hasn't been quite as glamorized.
    — Peter Dawson, Houston Chronicle, 6 June 2019
  • Though subtle, the simple upgrades went a long way in glamorizing the room.
    — Lindsey Desimone, ELLE Decor, 31 July 2015
  • Films glamorize heroes who don’t feel anything but anger or fear — and who then find ways to make the anger dominant.
    — Noah Berlatsky, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2018
  • But the film doesn’t glamorize Callas, and instead portrays her as sad and withdrawn.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Williams also glamorized with diamond earrings, a mauve lip and rosy cheeks.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Just the fact of putting a person on television almost de facto glamorizes them.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Glamorous as the exiles are, Kentridge does not glamorize them.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
  • The plot is high-class soap opera, offered at a time when most composers were avoiding any subject that glamorized the bourgeoisie.
    — Russell Platt, New Yorker, 20 May 2026
  • Producers make an effort not to glamorize violence on the show.
    — Janaya Wecker, Town & Country, 10 June 2022
  • My journey will be publicized and glamorized, but my evolution process is sacred to me.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
  • On social media, people post the filtered, glamorized versions of their lives.
    — Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 1 Dec. 2025
  • And headlines swirling around the internet about her weight loss helped to glamorize the speedy transformation.
    — Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 3 May 2022
  • And, per their sentencing memorandum, it has been glamorized by rappers as a way for young people to get high.
    — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Chance is right that pop often glamorizes hookups, but the truth is that the superstar tier has been downright domestic lately.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 30 July 2019
  • Typically short and riddled with typos, the e-mails glamorized Smith's new vagabond life.
    — James Vlahos, GQ, 18 Apr. 2018
  • The concern was that the series might improperly glamorize them.
    — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2021
  • The notebook glamorizes love as possession.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Spencer’s many, many haters shared the video, gloating, and even mainstream outlets glamorized the assault by distributing remixes of the footage.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 14 May 2017
  • However, True the Vote made clear this was a mistake made by the film producers in an effort to glamorize the premise.
    — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Dec. 2024
  • While a glimpse into the logistics of war might mesmerize and disturb in equal measures, the guides are careful not to glamorize the conflict.
    — Steph Dyson, CNN, 28 Sep. 2021
  • And while some of those music cues might flirt with glamorizing the heavy topics at hand, the real risk here is taking the audience out of the movie entirely.
    — Coleman Spilde, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024

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