exalt
verb (used with object)
to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, etc.; elevate.
has exalted
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present perfectof exalt (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In an impressively detailed painting by Werllayne Nunes, a Black Brazilian girl spreads her arms jubilantly in front of a hillside slum the artist has exalted by adding gold-leafed domes to the tiny shacks.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023
More than once, Sinema has exalted Meghan McCain’s father as one of her political role models.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2019
Pop culture has exalted many of Dick’s wilder stories and novels.
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2015
Since moving to Los Angeles after stepping down as the influential designer of Dior Homme, Slimane has exalted an idealized version of youth in his myriad photography and art projects.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2010
None of them could ever touch my fanciful disposition, which has exalted an intrinsic and lofty beau—idle to itself.
From The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier by John Esten Cooke
