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
When he debuts his new release at a theater in quaint Carverville, the town that idolizes him, it unleashes a supernatural force that turns Carvervillians into zombies.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2023
But there is someone Sanders idolizes in the same manner as his own players do him or O’Neal did Jackson: Alabama coach Nick Saban, a seven-time national champion who co-stars with Sanders in Aflac commercials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
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
He went to the Babylonian festival upon the credit of your beauty; since that time he idolizes you, and now grieves because he believes that you have proved unfaithful to him.
From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by
