idealizing
- present participle of idealize.
Example Sentences
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This verdict is in keeping with the tenor of the last 50 years of classical scholarship, which has moved past—perhaps too far past—any idealizing visions of Pericles and Athens.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
As Eloise gets pulled more into Sandie’s life, things get progressively darker, and the film becomes a cautionary tale about the dangers of idealizing a time and place, and about female rage.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2021
Nor should any of this be read as idealizing the military.
From Slate • Sep. 1, 2020
Think of her Birch Society works as history paintings minus the traditional idealizing gloss.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2020
Not a lot, but enough to keep a dreamer from idealizing the object of his long fascination.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
