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Undedicated at Marion, Ohio stood the tomb of the man he had exalted.

From Time Magazine Archive

Up to that hour, she had exalted him always at her own expense.

From The Locusts' Years by Fee, Mary Helen

And the inspiring consciousness breathed into her by Savonarola’s influence that her lot was vitally united with the general lot had exalted even the minor details of obligation into religion.

From Romola by Eliot, George

And just after the great war, the despotic will of the ruler, and the tyrannical power of a heartless system, had exalted itself above all law.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. by Freytag, Gustav

Then Abner turned from the man he had exalted and entered into a secret negotiation with David.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) by Duncker, Max