idolize
verb (used with object)
to regard with blind adoration, devotion, etc.
idolizes
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present tense formof idolize (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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His cross-country supremacy has made him one of the most famous and beloved athletes in a country that idolizes the stars of winter sports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
Wales wing Louis Rees Zammit provided the strangest tale of the weekend after revealing he idolizes soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo and even dresses like him, down to wearing Ronaldo’s branded underwear.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 18, 2023
“Rob was telling me about this kid, ‘Vargy,’ and ‘how much he looks up to you and how much he idolizes you,’” Martinez said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
Morisseau cleverly mirrors the conversations between story lines, so, for example, Missy Sue naïvely adores her slave friend the way Candice idolizes her Black professor.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2022
Jack says," writes this proud mamma, "that with all his pranks that blessed little rascal is his father all over, fearless, truthful, and generous, and Captain Ray fairly idolizes him.
From Marion's Faith. by Charles King
