heroicizing

present participle of heroicize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for heroicizing
Verb
  • That’s 14 years of dreaming, dissolving, romanticizing, escaping, and sometimes deceiving ourselves.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Consider romanticizing your morning routine or finding a balance between work and self-care.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There’s no wishful thinking that our society will stop idealizing appearance, but framing and intrinsic motivation matter.
    Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 8 Oct. 2025
  • There’s a fine line between being crystal clear and idealizing a situation.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The reading brought a sigh of relief, easing concerns that the economy was facing a double whammy of a softening labor market with reaccelerating inflation.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Truly rotten pumpkins also don't make good toys or feed for wildlife—whether the wildlife around your home or as feed or entertainment for animals at the zoo or local farm—though pumpkins that are just softening are ideal for this role.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Heroicizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heroicizing. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.

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