immortalize
verb (used with object)
to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
had immortalized
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past perfectof immortalize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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She wrote it from Palm Springs on March 28, 1933, to her longtime worshiper Virginia Woolf, who had immortalized her in “Orlando.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
In July, Kardashian revealed on Instagram that Davidson had immortalized their time on “SNL” with a tattoo that reads “Jasmine and Aladdin.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2022
Even before the season had ended, saxophonist/bandleader Les Brown had immortalized the accomplishment on the smash “Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio,” a goofy, catchy call-and-response that ends with DiMaggio whiffing against the Cleveland Indians.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2014
The city of Scranton, ridiculed ceaselessly in “The Office,” had built a beautiful plaza in honor of a native son who had immortalized the city on stage and screen.
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2010
The Panathenaic festivals should end with a procession like that which took place in Athens, and which Phidias had immortalized in marble in his famous friezes.
From Sónnica by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
