Definition of Lionize

to treat (a person) as if they were important, or a celebrity

Examples of Lionize in a sentence

I hate when people lionize dead celebrities that were vilified during their lifetimes.  🔊

Listening to the emcee lionize the president of his company, Barry could not help feeling a little bit jealous of his superior.  🔊

We ought to lionize our military men and women because they place themselves in harm’s way, so others can live.  🔊

Larry walked out in protest when Rick began to lionize a man that went to prison for operating a Ponzi scheme.  🔊

Dorothy is such a self-centered person that she believes that the whole world ought to lionize her for attributes that she does not even possess!  🔊

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