How to Use immortalize in a Sentence

immortalize

verb
  • The explorers were immortalized when the mountains were named after them.
  • The battle was immortalized in a famous poem.
  • The way to immortalize an artist, is to honor them with art.
    Anne Quito, Quartz, 25 Apr. 2021
  • Tell me about how the idea struck you, and how the idea survived to immortalize it beyond the tour bus that one night.
    Brendan Menapace, SPIN, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Over the course of both the book and the film, Lara Jean learns how to knock the boys immortalized in her letters down a peg, and to take risks in both love and life.
    Ella Cerón, Teen Vogue, 6 Sep. 2018
  • His name is immortalized in one of the nickel-sucking plants used in the Malaysian plot.
    Ian Morse, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2020
  • So the play immortalized on tattoos and T-shirts is dead?
    Les Bowen, Philly.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Hipp is drawn to scenes that most of us recognize and yet would not think about as something to immortalize in a work of art.
    Mike Giuliano, Howard County Times, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The ancient group, immortalized in the Hebrew Bible, arrived in the area in the 12th century BC.
    Ryan Prior, CNN, 4 July 2019
  • Cortina d’Ampezzo This town is a skier's heaven, immortalized for the sport by the 1956 Olympic Games.
    Kelly Hushin, Town & Country, 28 Sep. 2018
  • So the captain is being immortalized in San Diego with his four-legged friend.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2024
  • When the dust settled, the lawmen had gunned down four of the Cowboys in an event that became immortalized in books and film as a symbol of the Wild West.
    The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
  • The Boxing Hall of Fame immortalized all of these great fighters.
    Houston Chronicle, 10 June 2018
  • Lisowski died of a brain tumor in 2005 but is immortalized with a life-sized bronze statue in the heart of his hometown.
    Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2023
  • On Monday night, McVay coached in Ohio for the first time since he and his trademark hair spike were immortalized in bronze.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • But being the Paul Revere who was immortalized for a midnight ride in 1775 is one thing.
    BostonGlobe.com, 29 Nov. 2019
  • Shotz: What’s nice about what’s gonna happen this week is that Lance Reddick will be immortalized as Zeus.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
  • And earlier this year, Beckham had the moment immortalized on the hood of his Rolls Royce.
    Scott Patsko, cleveland, 23 Nov. 2019
  • Mariah Carey's status as the queen of Christmas has now been immortalized in wax!
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The same kind of success that immortalized Jackie's teams is at stake for Dedreck's girls.
    Adam Coleman, Houston Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Burnett and Hope are both immortalized through a large team photo hanging in the hallway of the clubhouse.
    Jon Poorman, Houston Chronicle, 7 June 2018
  • And just hours later, the hats surfaced on eBay, selling for over $100 to customers who want to immortalize the league's mistake.
    Nihal Kolur, SI.com, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Lizzie Borden's murder of her parents is a crime so well-known it's been immortalized in rhyme.
    Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Since debuting 83 years ago, its child-like lyrics have immortalized the legend of Santa Claus in the hearts of kids and adults worldwide.
    Thomas Novelly, The Courier-Journal, 21 Dec. 2017
  • These were placed at Olympia, where athletes competing in the Olympic Games would see the Zanes immortalizing cheaters.
    John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2019
  • The list of heroes immortalized in the iconic photo of the U.S. flag being raised over Iwo Jima has been revised again.
    NBC News, 16 Oct. 2019
  • The prize is voted on by fans who choose their favorite pop culture icon for the museum to immortalize in wax.
    Variety, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Before the meal, guests toured the show, a thrilling exposition of the Roman appetite, much of which was immortalized by the eruption.
    Meara Sharma, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2019
  • The mountain landscape is now immortalized on the album cover — a picture Kanye snapped on his iPhone on the way to the listening.
    Allison P. Davis, The Cut, 1 June 2018
  • These celebrities now have their likeness immortalized (for the season) in corn mazes.
    Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Oct. 2024

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