How to Use lionize in a Sentence

lionize

verb
  • She was lionized everywhere after her novel won the Pulitzer Prize.
  • And it is not heard nearly so often as those of some much less lionized composers.
    — Punch Shaw, star-telegram, 2 Apr. 2018
  • His work here should be respected, not lionized.
    — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Keïta is lionized in the photo world, and in the art world at large, and rightfully so.
    — Zoë Hopkins, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The portrait of the bleary-eyed coach who sleeps in the office is lionized by many in the profession.
    — Kelly Whiteside, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2017
  • The best riders were featured on cigarette packs and buttons and lionized in bike ad posters.
    — Todd Balf, Outside Online, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The Jungle details, but doesn’t lionize, the origins of the camp.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2017
  • In some cases, books that failed to lionize fallen Irish heroes were put on the chopping block.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
  • There are so many people out there obsessed with what's happening, obsessed with him, lionize him.
    — Katie Drummond, WIRED, 13 Feb. 2025
  • When Bruno emerged, he was lionized as a sort of Tarzan who fulfilled every white trope of the jungle man.
    — National Geographic, 10 Mar. 2018
  • The cartoonists were lionized for their fearlessness in the face of terror.
    — Sarah Boxer, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2018
  • He has been lionized in the state news media as no other Chinese leader has been since Mao.
    — Chris Buckley, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2019
  • Some people have lionized Mangione as a sort of vigilante hero.
    — CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Some people have lionized Mangione as a sort of vigilante hero.
    — ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Moreover, the legacies for which his admirers once lionized him are now in bad disrepair.
    — John Fabian Witt, The New Republic, 1 Oct. 2019
  • The black press, eager to mark milestones by lionizing barrier breakers, splashed his face across front pages.
    — Emily Ludolph, New York Times, 16 July 2019
  • But even as Uribe was lionized by millions in Colombia, his record on human rights was under fire.
    — Washington Post, 14 June 2018
  • In fact, as Doolittle points out, male reporters are often lionized when their stories are made into movies.
    — Danielle Tcholakian, Longreads, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Nursing has long been lionized as one of the most stable and safe professions for young graduates to pursue.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Trump’s allies have wasted no time in lionizing him and using the attempt on his life as campaign fodder.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 16 July 2024
  • Inside the right-wing echo chamber, Bannon is lionized as a conquering folk hero.
    — Gabriel Sherman, The Hive, 21 Dec. 2017
  • The youngest to accomplish something are often lionized, and impatience sets in if success is seen to take too long.
    — Tania Ganguli, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Aaron Bushnell’s self-immolation was an act of moral blackmail, and those who have lionized him want to see more such acts.
    — Noah Rothman, National Review, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Bird has plenty to say about this world of heroes and villains, where the elite live in public as a separate sort of species, both lionized and feared.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 13 June 2018
  • The post was followed up by a YouTube video lionizing GameStop that was made many years ago.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 13 May 2024
  • The press has done a better job of vetting these companies and founders’ claims as opposed to taking their word for it and lionizing them.
    — Julia Belluz, Vox, 15 June 2018
  • That was under a government led by the founders of the state, and much lionized by liberal Zionists.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
  • As badly as he had been treated at the end of his life, in death, Greeley was lionized for his accomplishments.
    — Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Some of those prisoners will seek to lionize her while others will attempt to exploit her, said Paperny.
    — Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Carmakers tend to lionize designers; Apple, too, is a haven for them.
    — Felix Salmon, WIRED, 30 May 2018

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