immortalize
verb (used with object)
to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
was immortalizing
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past progressiveof immortalize.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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It turned out he was immortalizing his wife, Lu Young.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 4, 2021
It was said the poet laureate had dedicated an ode to her—that Lovet Forbes, the sculptor, was immortalizing her in stone, and Musgrave had certainly painted her portrait.
From The Master Detective Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles by Percy James Brebner
During the years in which Van Dyck was painting his beautiful portraits of the Royal Family of England, another painter, Velasquez, was immortalizing another Royal Family in the far-away country of Spain.
From The Book of Art for Young People by Agnes Ethel Conway
