deify
verb (used with object)
deifying
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present participleof deify.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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It is certainly true that at some point we, as a culture, must stop deifying people whose work, message or backstory we admire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2023
“They are not perfect. They are not perfect. We have to stop deifying them,” Mr. Lemon said.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 9, 2020
It acts as a deifying diptych to that of The Epic – from space to the earthly pursuit of heaven.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 21, 2019
One is a pitch-dark, but also visually cute, animated series that has perfected, by not deifying or lauding, the antihero, who this season was even more explicitly shown to be a #MeToo creep.
From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2018
True art has gone much further in deifying humanity than in humanising divinity.
From Fair Margaret A Portrait by Horace T. Carpenter
