Verb (used with object) : to lionize the visiting poet. From Dictionary.com.
And then we will get lionized, which is the most dangerous time of all.”. From Wordnik.com. [State of fear]
Webber traveled from London to Jamaica where he was "lionized" by the members of the Legislature. From Wordnik.com. Reference
He's been lionized by NATO and feted by Tony Blair. From Wordnik.com. [His Big Gamble] Reference
They posed as wealthy aristocrats, and Paul was lionized. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
Few actors have been so lionized and so demonized so fast. From Wordnik.com. [Faces Of The Fall] Reference
Once lionized, Erhard now finds himself embattled on all sides. From Wordnik.com. [The Sorrows Of Werner] Reference
The telephone girl of Etain may be lionized in lyric literature. From Wordnik.com. [Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School] Reference
He was adored by the ladies, lionized by everybody, and liked it. From Wordnik.com. [The Trumpeter Swan] Reference
He doesn't deserve to be lionized and made sort of a folk hero here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2001] Reference
Fieschi was made a perfect fool of, so ridiculously lionized was he by. From Wordnik.com. [Edmond Dantès] Reference
He would have been lionized as ending his career to do the right thing. From Wordnik.com. ['To HELL With Them!'] Reference
After all, in his time a visitor from the past would have been lionized. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]
Piang was being lionized by the men, toasted and praised in high fashion. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old] Reference
Would you say that Fitzgerald is now being lionized by the Chicago press?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 14, 2008] Reference
Ask yourself who is respected and lionized within the Hollywood community. From Wordnik.com. [A 'Message' For Hollywood] Reference
Speaking of obscenely wealthy folks, CEOs were once lionized by the media. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 20, 2002] Reference
When I groped my way home with both eyes swollen shut I was never lionized. From Wordnik.com. [Reveries of a Schoolmaster] Reference
McCain has been lionized by pundits and featured in a continuous loop on TV. From Wordnik.com. [The Kosovo Primary] Reference
KURTZ: She has been lionized and vilified by the press, and now it's her turn. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 15, 2009] Reference
It suited him not at all to be lionized on account of his brilliant career at college. From Wordnik.com. [The Witness] Reference
Once lionized by reporters, political consultants are out of fashion, to put it mildly. From Wordnik.com. [Test-Marketing Hillary] Reference
Twain returned many times, renting, lecturing, being lionized and trying to raise money. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain In New York City: Where Are The Author's Landmarks?] Reference
"You may as well get used to being lionized, for you will get no end of it at Washington.". From Wordnik.com. [Doctor Jones' Picnic] Reference
GERAGOS: You combine that with somebody who is now being lionized and that is your victim. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 15, 2009] Reference
Escalante was lionized as an outlier not as someone whose example could be widely replicated. From Wordnik.com. [My Reasons for Optimism on Education] Reference
KURTZ: And president number three, Ronald Reagan, out of sight, but lionized on his birthday. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Reliable Sources: A Tale of Three Presidents: Reagan, Clinton, and Bush - February 10, 2001] Reference
KURTZ: But you can also get lionized by the New York media if you do well in the field, Will. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 10, 2008] Reference
Indeed there never was but one man who could be successfully lionized and that man was Daniel. From Wordnik.com. [Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures] Reference
FOREMAN: But it has also been lionized in movies and music as the criminal's weapon of choice. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 16, 2007] Reference
He was known to them as "Ernie" and later lionized as the "original civil rights photographer.". From Wordnik.com. [Mixed reactions to civil rights photographer's FBI ties] Reference
They were lionized in this little town in Syracuse, Nebraska, so Marjorie Dickey (ph) is in here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 20, 2003] Reference
But this one is in Madison Square Garden, where he was lionized as a player for the New York Knicks. From Wordnik.com. [The Outside Shooter...And The Fighting Pilot] Reference
I grew up watching her both lionized and vilified, from the moment she stepped foot in the White House. From Wordnik.com. [Am I Betraying the ‘Sisterhood’?] Reference
FOLKENFLIK: Edwin Chen of Bloomberg News says colleagues lionized her for her tart questioning of authority. From Wordnik.com. [Under Fire, Journalist Helen Thomas Quits] Reference
Those were conversions of courage, but changing one's mind in politics is more often lambasted than lionized. From Wordnik.com. [Candidates Should Never Flip-Flop] Reference
Cuccia is often lionized as the father of Italian capitalism, but he began his career as a creature of the Italian Treasury. From Wordnik.com. [The Body Snatchers] Reference
He has been lionized as an idealist speaking truth to those in a power structure riddled with cynical and corrupt ideologues. From Wordnik.com. [The Ayatollah’s Inspiration] Reference
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