How to Use exalt in a Sentence
exalt
verb
- The essay exalts the simple beauty of the country.
- He shamelessly exalts his own role in the peace process.
- His behavior has exalted the power and prestige of his office.
- We exalt thee, O Lord.
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The point is not to poke fun at the mundanity, but to exalt it.
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Pitchfork,
4 Dec. 2023
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There’s chart action right now for songs that exalt women as paragons of virtue.
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Dan Deluca,
Philly.com,
22 Mar. 2018
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Aftab exalts her beloved’s moon-like beauty throughout the song.
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Vrinda Jagota,
SPIN,
29 May 2024
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The music world has come to exalt the B-52as a new wave institution.
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John Petkovic,
cleveland.com,
13 Oct. 2017
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Kings have used it to exalt themselves, tyrants to decide which people to purge.
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Maud Newton,
WSJ,
6 Apr. 2022
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White supremacy exalts the creature over the Creator, and the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against it.
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Russell Moore,
Washington Post,
14 Aug. 2017
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In the heady days following the Battle of Gettysburg, the press exalted Meade as the savior of the Union.
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Nicholas Liu,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 July 2023
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Saquon Barkley and Josh Allen, which would have been hated by some and exalted by others, might have worked.
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Doug Lesmerises,
cleveland.com,
27 Apr. 2018
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In a sport where progression is exalted, the athletes pushed the level of riding at the Dew Tour.
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Rachel Axon,
USA TODAY,
17 Dec. 2017
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Ayesha has always been wary of programs that exalt donors as saviors.
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Alex Bhattacharji,
Town & Country,
26 Oct. 2022
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Its shares have kept up with the stockmarket and its standing is exalted.
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The Economist,
8 Mar. 2018
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Mothers don’t need to be on a pedestal, to be exalted for their strength and their inevitable suffering.
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John Archibald | [email protected],
al.com,
13 June 2019
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In the wake of his election victory, Trump soon stopped exalting Putin.
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Owen Matthews,
Newsweek,
10 Aug. 2017
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Fassbinder exalts the exploits of the hidden heroes of daily life.
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Emily Witt,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2018
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Herodotus mentioned it back in the fifth century B.C., the Romans chewed it to clean their teeth and freshen their breath, and the Ottomans exalted it as a spice.
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Margarita Gokun Silver,
National Geographic,
19 Nov. 2019
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The military instills and exalts an ethos of self-reliance.
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Martin Kuz,
San Antonio Express-News,
9 Feb. 2018
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This isn't the first time a Sony-Marvel film has had a whimper of a release while being exalted online.
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Kalhan Rosenblatt,
NBC News,
14 Feb. 2024
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The texture exalted in East and Southeast Asian cuisines doesn’t get much love in western culture.
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Elyse Inamine,
Bon Appétit,
21 Oct. 2019
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Of course, there are also the lyrics: heartfelt couplets that exalt God and thank Him for being a constant presence in her life.
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Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
18 Dec. 2023
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Religion, art, and every aspect of courtly culture were used to exalt the image of the new queen.
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History Magazine,
29 Dec. 2020
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The exhibit ended up being a call to arms for fashion as an art, something that exalted the craft to new heights.
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Steff Yotka,
Vogue,
1 May 2017
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Then, given the choice to try to beat these deplorables on the issues that people care about or exalt them as towering threats, Biden went the exalt route.
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John Brummett,
Arkansas Online,
6 Nov. 2022
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But can one exalt real curves without showing too much skin?
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Erik Maza,
Town & Country,
28 Oct. 2022
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The objective of the project is to show and exalt McGowan specifically — and that might test some viewers’ patience.
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Dayna Evans,
Cosmopolitan,
30 Jan. 2018
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The title is a little misleading: This is not a hater-baiting anthem, but rather a dreamy ballad exalting in the feeling of dating a man everyone else covets.
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Nate Jones,
Vulture,
20 May 2024
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This memorial exalted a conflict which took more American lives than all our other wars combined.
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Paul L. Newman,
New York Daily News,
29 Feb. 2024
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