had idealized
- past perfect of idealize.
Example Sentences
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It would amuse him to know how much she had idealized him, how he had become a person made not of flesh but of little crystals of perfection, the American man she would never have.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A friendship had arisen between them, which the years had idealized rather than impaired.
From The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol by Ball, Alec
Thin-lipped, neutral-tinted, flat of chest and scrawny, without a womanly charm save the fragility that incited pity; to Kate who had idealized her she now seemed a stranger.
From The Fighting Shepherdess by Lockhart, Caroline
In the glamour of the Presidential canvass they had idealized him,—attributing to him some traits above and many below his essential qualities.
From Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by Blaine, James Gillespie
She had broken away from them before she was twenty to marry Benham, whom she had idealized at a tennis party.
From The Research Magnificent by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
