Example Sentences

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He sounds like he has romanticized the whole situation and wants to be her knight in shining armor.

From Slate • Oct. 15, 2019

Sure, it was a decadent time, one that fashion today has romanticized.

From New York Times • May 1, 2013

Now he has romanticized the life and livelier loves of a historical tartar�Francisco Jos� Goya y Lucientes, Spain's famed 18th-Century etcher and painter.

From Time Magazine Archive

For Lewisohn has romanticized Shylock's melodramatic figure, gentled him down into an unconvincing shadow of his former self.

From Time Magazine Archive

When she thinks of that day, she’s certain she has romanticized it in the way of first loves.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon