romanticizing
- present participle of romanticize.
Example Sentences
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"We are not romanticizing poverty. We want to change the prejudice that exists in people's minds."
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026
As Ms. Low says, many women need to “stop romanticizing work” and “remember that your employer will never love you back.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
Los Angeles’ history reveals a pattern of romanticizing and sanitizing its cultural heritage while simultaneously displacing the very communities it claims to celebrate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
No doubt there's a long history of Americans romanticizing criminals, going back at least to Jesse James or Billy the Kid, who became icons of the Wild West.
From Salon ● May 31, 2024
“It sounds nice. But do you think you arc romanticizing? ‘The restless grey sea’?”
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
