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Six example sentences with deify, each labelled with its topic.
Roman senates would deify an emperor after his death, complete with temples, a priesthood, and an official festival.
History
Fan conventions almost deify the director, treating early interview transcripts as scripture and quoting them line by line.
Movies
Sports writers deify a player after one championship, then spend the next decade searching for cracks in the legend.
Basketball
Followers of Epicurus came close to deifying him, celebrating his birthday for centuries after the school's founding.
Philosophy
Fans tend to deify the company's late founder, quoting product launches as though they were sermons.
Technology
Eighteenth century critics began to deify Shakespeare, treating every line as beyond correction or doubt.
Literature
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