idolize
verb (used with object)
to regard with blind adoration, devotion, etc.
idolized
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past participleof idolize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof idolize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
idolizeverb (used with object)to regard with blind adoration, devotion, etc.
Example Sentences
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But Ike was never the sort of man-on-horseback-style commander that Churchill idolized in the manner of the First Duke of Marlborough, Napoleon Bonaparte or the Duke of Wellington.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
The legendary comic actor joined The Envelope recently to discuss the acts he idolized as a kid, working with Steve Martin and Selena Gomez, and more.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
She also idolized Donna Summer, who she calls “mother of pop, mother of disco.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
Yet Norris, who idolized John Wayne as a child, became an actor as an afterthought.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
The accusations he had heard from Muriel at the wedding seemed to have nested in his brain like diseased things, infecting his memories of the wizard he had idolized.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
