idealises in a sentence
Examples
- The chorus further idealises the city and the period, with it being described as " A time of peace, a spring of youth / No guns, no war, no disco / Just lovely flowers in your hair ".
- This society has fallen prey to shabby forces of greed and acquisition that are embodied by Edward Ponderevo, who idealises Napoleon and who muses superficially about " [ t ] his Overman idee, Nietzsche all that stuff . " The trashy emptiness of Edward's ideal of life is expressed in his absurd attempt to build a vast mansion at Crest Hill.
- Although he thinks there is little meaning in life, he is fascinated with the strength and vastness of the sea as he thinks it has internal order of life . Chief also explains him that the sea is more permissible than any of the few other permissible things . Therefore, he idealises Ryuji who lives and works in the ship.
- Velasco has the opposite problem from Alphonso : he idealises his love for Salassa, terming her " the deity I adore; " he allows her to dominate their relationship . ( Velasco's friend and admirer Lodovico has a low opinion of Salassa, calling her a " frail commodity, " a " paraquetto, " a " wagtail . " ) Salassa indulges in her power over Velasco by asking him to give up all combat and conflict, or even wearing a sword and defending his reputation, for a period of two years.