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Six example sentences with lionize, each labelled with its topic.
Critics lionized the young director after one festival screening, and studios sent scripts before the film even opened.
Movies
The press lionized the chemist for months, though she kept insisting that four graduate students had done most of the work.
Science
Fans lionize the guard who hit the buzzer shot and forget the teammate who grabbed the rebound before it.
Basketball
The tech press lionized the founder for a year, then dropped her the month her company missed its growth targets.
Startups
Audiences lionized the young pianist after one televised concert, and every hall in the country wanted her next season.
Music
London lionized the poet for a single winter, inviting him to every dinner until the next sensation arrived.
Literature
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