romanticize
verb (used with object)
was romanticizing
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past progressiveof romanticize.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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Broke up with an increasingly distant boyfriend and am realizing I was romanticizing his potential, rather than looking at what he was doing.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2022
But a spokesman for South Korea's Foreign Affairs Ministry told reporters on Tuesday that Japan was "romanticizing" its past military aggression.
From Reuters ● Apr. 22, 2014
His mistake was that he was romanticizing what was happening, was carried away by an idea, by a feeling, and did not take the sensible or professional steps.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2013
