Example Sentences

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Short of outright fraud, popular culture has glorified the hardship story in college admissions, persuading many students to make it an essential part of their application.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2018

But he has devoted extensive attention to the field, especially in more recent years, in part because of the way the media has glorified social-psychology research.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2017

It is also a culture that has glorified being busy — or at the very least conflates those things with status.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2017

Some, including Trumbo’s family, have said Douglas has glorified his role a little in his frequent retelling of the tale.

From The Guardian • Feb. 12, 2017

That noble spirit of self-sacrifice which has glorified many a character in history is not to be despised in one who dies for what we may pronounce to be false.

From A Short History of Monks and Monasteries by Wishart, Alfred Wesley