Don't romanticize this uninteresting and hard work!. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Define "romanticize" in regards to Hamas and Hezbollah. From Wordnik.com. [TPMCafe] Reference
Judt, who died in August, declares that one must not "romanticize" the city. From Wordnik.com. [The New Yorker] Reference
It's important not to romanticize the past, however. From Wordnik.com. [President At Character Education Conference] Reference
That wasn't something they added in to romanticize it. From Wordnik.com. [wilberteets Diary Entry] Reference
There's nothing to romanticize about the next few years. From Wordnik.com. [When I Lied To You] Reference
But you also don't want to romanticize very bad diseases. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 12, 2005] Reference
It would be a mistake to romanticize Pakistan's democrats. From Wordnik.com. [Musharraf’s Last Stand] Reference
I don't think so, Ann. I admire, even romanticize Britain. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
We tend to romanticize the present and the past and the future. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 18, 2007] Reference
No, you know, I know that I romanticize a lot about New Orleans. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 30, 2007] Reference
It is equally mistaken to romanticize or villaine Europe's gypsies. From Wordnik.com. [How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Roma?] Reference
“I would love to romanticize it,” he says of his Internet bonafides. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood Infidel] Reference
It's not the Quaker little historic spot that people want to romanticize. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Sunday Morning News: Republican National Convention: Philadelphia Looks to Take Advantage of Media Spotlight - July 30, 2000] Reference
We did not romanticize them or believe we would want to live their lives. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Selman: Back to the Rhythm: 'Inventuring' in Africa] Reference
Now when people romanticize is this - is this kind of Robin Hood attitude. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 24, 2006] Reference
He once again began to romanticize those cars of laborers with their families. From Wordnik.com. [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference
Added to that is a colonial heritage that, even today, many Europeans romanticize. From Wordnik.com. [Europe's Time Bomb] Reference
As much as it might be fun to sometimes romanticize these people, they were criminals. From Wordnik.com. [Lloyd Garver: Vegas Mob] Reference
As a culture, we all romanticize standing apart and long to have destiny in our hands. From Wordnik.com. [Kari Henley: Are You Obsessed With Being Busy?] Reference
To her credit, Ms. Wilkerson refuses to romanticize the people whose stories she tells. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Northern Migration] Reference
BUSTAMANTE: Let's not romanticize about those days of Pat Brown and even Ronald Reagan. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2003] Reference
We cannot, in any way, try and romanticize or sanitize a word that is absolutely racist. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 27, 2006] Reference
Some even romanticize anorexia as the mark of delicacy, femininity, or "perfect beauty.". From Wordnik.com. [Aimee Liu: This Holiday...Don't Kill the Messenger] Reference
First it tried to romanticize him as an up-from-the-streets kid, the stuff of '30s movies. From Wordnik.com. [Will He Get Up?] Reference
Now I don't want to romanticize it but I think that it's going to affect a lot of the world. From Wordnik.com. [Juliette Powell: Krugman on Obama and 'You 2.0'] Reference
You probably had gripes before, too; the changes shouldn't romanticize your view of the past. From Wordnik.com. [Hands On The Wheel] Reference
He found himself writing sprawling, detail-rich songs that romanticize the end of adolescence. From Wordnik.com. [The Gaslight Anthem: Revisiting Sounds Of '59] Reference
It's funny how many inhabitants of the First World romanticize the poverty of the Third World. From Wordnik.com. [Cambodia Book Reviews: A Fortune-Teller Told Me] Reference
It's a little early for Christmas, but I do not care much for stories that romanticize insanity. From Wordnik.com. [Who's Normal, Anyway? Baryshnikov's New Vehicle] Reference
And back then, let's not romanticize it, because back then they raised taxes to get those things. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2003] Reference
When we come back, it's easy to romanticize the good old days, especially in one Iraqi community. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2007] Reference
If I do find things on the beach I can romanticize them to no end, but I don't see what if hurts. From Wordnik.com. [Adrift] Reference
In Lebanon, Hizbullah has even produced a videogame of its own, called SpecialForce, to romanticize its fight against Israel. From Wordnik.com. [Tuning In, Turning On] Reference
The son of Algerian parents, K. Mel grew up in the Plateau projects of Creil, a suburb whose vitality he does not romanticize. From Wordnik.com. [Toasting The 'Hood] Reference
It's simply intrusive any time we're tempted to view sports through a nostalgic prism and overly romanticize these games people play. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Let The Geopolitical Games Begin] Reference
But am I wrong in thinking that there's a better way to do it than to romanticize and glamorize one of several "fun" ways to kill people?. From Wordnik.com. [American Beat: Game Over] Reference
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