How to Use idolize in a Sentence

idolize

verb

• As a young girl, Spears idolized the star—and wanted to be like her.
  — TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
• Kacey was around the best teams, idolized the greatest players.
  — Chris Melchiorre, Philly.com, 5 May 2018
• That’s why he was idolized by those who read him, listened to him, learned from him.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2024
• Girls will always have floaty-haired ice skaters to idolize.
  — Anna Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2020
• Putin hung onto the old system and idolized the strength of the Soviet state.
  — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 3 July 2017
• Williams, soon to be 38, can still defeat the kids who grew up idolizing her.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2019
• At one point the most idolized of the lads, Styles has been mostly laying low since the band went on hiatus.
  — Richard Lawson, Vanities, 28 Mar. 2017
• The biggest homage to the films comes in the form of their star, Robert De Niro, playing a dapper late-night host whom Arthur idolizes.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2019
• Little boys by nature, look up to and idolize their old man.
  — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 21 Aug. 2021
• It was capped by a few words from Andruw Jones, the player Jansen grew up idolizing.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
• From very early on, Kim Jong Un’s mother was idolized in the country.
  — Alex Ward, Vox, 20 June 2019
• There aren’t many trumpet marine stars out there to idolize.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2022
• Payton idolized him and sometimes called him dad, Lorenz said.
  — Ruth Brown, idahostatesman, 22 June 2017
• All the bad issues in religion have come from idolizing the Bible.
  — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 16 June 2017
• Many of the athletes he's counseled are African American men who are idolized for their grace, speed and strength.
  — John Schmid, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 July 2019
• There have been more popular people, and more revered and idolized.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 27 Sep. 2019
• Her first was Winston Churchill, who is idolized by Johnson.
  — Danica Kirka, chicagotribune.com, 24 July 2019
• Because of her lies, my siblings idolize our mother and loathe him.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 24 Oct. 2021
• Vette wasn’t supposed to be a relic, trapped in ember in the 1970s and frozen in time to be idolized by drivers who are now in their golden years.
  — Dan Carney, Popular Science, 2 Jan. 2020
• Quinn Cook, the Warriors’ 25-year-old rookie point guard, grew up idolizing the longtime Spur.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Apr. 2018
• Jolinda and Tragil learned how much Joaquin idolized Wade.
  — Ajc Homepage, ajc, 4 Mar. 2018
• While those players are adored and even idolized, the women’s team has been sidelined — just like in other countries around the world.
  — Debora Rey, The Seattle Times, 7 Nov. 2018
• His kids grew up idolizing their neighbor, while dad wooed him on behalf of the Cowboys.
  — Jenny Vrentas, The MMQB, 11 July 2017
• Writing the show that got Foster her first TV acting nod is just the icing on the cake for López, who grew up idolizing the actress.
  — Katie Campione, Deadline, 17 July 2024
• Try as Republicans might to idolize him in gold, the man isn’t immortal, in any sense.
  — Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 1 Mar. 2021
• Aaron, an intelligent kid, idolized his dad and wanted to be just like him, Young said.
  — Jeong Park, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2023
• Parkey had a Dolphins poster hanging in his room, and idolized then-kicker Olindo Mare.
  — Michelle Kaufman, miamiherald, 22 Sep. 2017
• As the story went, Jericho idolized Michaels growing up and wanted nothing more than to beat him on the biggest stage.
  — cleveland, 3 Apr. 2020
• George grew to idolize his oldest half-brother, Lawrence, a dashing military man who fought for the British in the West Indies.
  — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 16 June 2018
• Like many Mets fans, the 26-year-old right-hander grew up idolizing David Wright, but his knowledge of the Mets extends well beyond for the former captain.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Sep 2024