How to Use adulation in a Sentence

adulation

noun

• The rugby player enjoyed the adulation of his fans.
• Trump relies on these kinds of adulation-fueled events to boost his mood and recharge his batteries.
  — The Tylt, AL.com, 24 Aug. 2017
• Whether Fournette is worthy of such adulation will be a subject of much debate in the weeks to come.
  — Pat Fitzmaurice, SI.com, 2 Aug. 2017
• As the show progresses, the games grow more barbaric as the adulation for the savage host drives increasing fury.
  — Holly Jones, Variety, 24 July 2024
• For all the accolades and adulation Indurain drew as an athlete, Indurain the man never changed.
  — Matias Grez, CNN, 4 Sep. 2017
• Margaret Atwood, whose 1985 novel is the show's source, stood onstage with the cast and crew to soak in the adulation.
  — Bloomberg.com, 18 Sep. 2017
• Margaret Atwood, whose 1985 novel is the show’s source, stood onstage with the cast and crew to soak in the adulation.
  — David Bauder, The Seattle Times, 17 Sep. 2017
• Beyond the world of klezmer, Mrs. Watts received adulation and support in developing her music muse.
  — Bonnie L. Cook, Philly.com, 27 Sep. 2017
• The principal figures in this documentary were just old enough to be swept up in the adulation of the Kennedys and (very understandably) shattered by their tragic deaths.
  — Conrad Black, National Review, 15 Aug. 2017
• If the words ring with a sort of rapturous adulation, as though the writer feels blessed to be allowed to absorb Coates’s wisdom and especially his chastisement, the author tends to be white.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 21 Sep. 2017
• The adulation heaped on the deal by those who usually excoriate him reportedly thrilled the president, a teetotal non-smoker whose chief addiction is praise.
  — The Economist, 14 Sep. 2017
• There isn’t much out there to replace the roar and adulation of the crowd.
  — oregonlive, 23 Jan. 2020
• The voice of grateful freedom is a stranger to the language of adulation.
  — Maysoon Khan, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2019
• Few achieve this kind of celebrity in life and adulation in death.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2023
• Bannon railed against them all, to adulation from the crowd.
  — Sarah Jones, New Republic, 17 Oct. 2017
• Few animals in the U.S. draw as much adulation or ire as the gray wolf.
  — Christine Peterson, National Geographic, 29 Oct. 2020
• Trump stood in the dark as the rain came down, basking for the moment in his movement’s adulation.
  — Molly Ball, Time, 9 Nov. 2022
• Might Trump have feared that he would be met with protests and then have to watch Obama bask in the adulation of much bigger crowds?
  — Eugene Robinson, The Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2019
• His dad told him a long time ago that all of this is conditional, the fame and adulation.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2022
• Her photo, in which her hair is still in rollers and her left eye is half-closed, was captioned as the response to the adulation.
  — Mike Miller, PEOPLE.com, 17 Apr. 2018
• In La Toma, reached on a bumpy two-hour drive from the nearest major city, Márquez is a figure of adulation.
  — Patrick J. McDonnellforeign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2022
• And still have a second left over to soak in the adulation of their adoring maintenance fans.
  — Sarah Bahr, Indianapolis Star, 14 June 2018
• Cade announced the launch of her archival website on Twitter last week, and the adulation has been fervent.
  — Robert Daniels, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2021
• The last pair standing wins gold medals and global adulation.
  — The Economist, 27 June 2020
• Country fans put him at the center of the genre — perhaps partly as protest — through sheer force of adulation.
  — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024
• Still, what Kenin missed about her golden season was the adulation it was supposed to bring.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2020
• Maybe the Cardinals were still thinking about that victory, Mack said at the time, and all the adulation that came with it.
  — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 11 Feb. 2020
• Sitting next to his wife, Lorena, Platt didn’t seem to notice the adulation.
  — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 5 May 2021
• Smart wondered aloud where all this adulation was 20 years ago.
  — J Wortham, New York Times, 12 May 2024
• Unlike some of her peers, her work is worthy of this level of adulation.
  — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 29 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Sep 2024