How to Use immortalize in a Sentence

immortalize

verb
Definition of immortalizenext
Synonyms for immortalizenext
  • The explorers were immortalized when the mountains were named after them.
  • The battle was immortalized in a famous poem.
  • The way to immortalize an artist, is to honor them with art.
    — Anne Quito, Quartz, 25 Apr. 2021
  • Tell me about how the idea struck you, and how the idea survived to immortalize it beyond the tour bus that one night.
    — Brendan Menapace, SPIN, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Over the course of both the book and the film, Lara Jean learns how to knock the boys immortalized in her letters down a peg, and to take risks in both love and life.
    — Ella Cerón, Teen Vogue, 6 Sep. 2018
  • His name is immortalized in one of the nickel-sucking plants used in the Malaysian plot.
    — Ian Morse, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2020
  • So the play immortalized on tattoos and T-shirts is dead?
    — Les Bowen, Philly.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Hipp is drawn to scenes that most of us recognize and yet would not think about as something to immortalize in a work of art.
    — Mike Giuliano, Howard County Times, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The ancient group, immortalized in the Hebrew Bible, arrived in the area in the 12th century BC.
    — Ryan Prior, CNN, 4 July 2019
  • Cortina d’Ampezzo This town is a skier's heaven, immortalized for the sport by the 1956 Olympic Games.
    — Kelly Hushin, Town & Country, 28 Sep. 2018
  • So the captain is being immortalized in San Diego with his four-legged friend.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The Boxing Hall of Fame immortalized all of these great fighters.
    — Houston Chronicle, 10 June 2018
  • Lisowski died of a brain tumor in 2005 but is immortalized with a life-sized bronze statue in the heart of his hometown.
    — Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2023
  • On Monday night, McVay coached in Ohio for the first time since he and his trademark hair spike were immortalized in bronze.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • But being the Paul Revere who was immortalized for a midnight ride in 1775 is one thing.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Nov. 2019
  • Shotz: What’s nice about what’s gonna happen this week is that Lance Reddick will be immortalized as Zeus.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
  • And earlier this year, Beckham had the moment immortalized on the hood of his Rolls Royce.
    — Scott Patsko, cleveland, 23 Nov. 2019
  • The same kind of success that immortalized Jackie's teams is at stake for Dedreck's girls.
    — Adam Coleman, Houston Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Burnett and Hope are both immortalized through a large team photo hanging in the hallway of the clubhouse.
    — Jon Poorman, Houston Chronicle, 7 June 2018
  • And just hours later, the hats surfaced on eBay, selling for over $100 to customers who want to immortalize the league's mistake.
    — Nihal Kolur, SI.com, 16 Apr. 2018
  • These were placed at Olympia, where athletes competing in the Olympic Games would see the Zanes immortalizing cheaters.
    — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2019
  • The list of heroes immortalized in the iconic photo of the U.S. flag being raised over Iwo Jima has been revised again.
    — NBC News, 16 Oct. 2019
  • The prize is voted on by fans who choose their favorite pop culture icon for the museum to immortalize in wax.
    — Variety, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Before the meal, guests toured the show, a thrilling exposition of the Roman appetite, much of which was immortalized by the eruption.
    — Meara Sharma, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2019
  • The mountain landscape is now immortalized on the album cover — a picture Kanye snapped on his iPhone on the way to the listening.
    — Allison P. Davis, The Cut, 1 June 2018
  • Nudes, lovers, friends, families and pranksters sat on the crescent curve to be immortalized on postcards.
    — Vicki Goldberg, New York Times, 3 July 2019
  • Even if the person is released, their moment in jail is immortalized in a mug shot and often enshrined in the public record.
    — Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2023
  • But there is one thing that goes much farther to immortalize my most memorable trips: my playlists.
    — Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Now, she is immortalized in the rocks of Mercury, a crater with a giant rift escarpment running straight across it.
    — Kim Stanley Robinson, National Geographic, 22 Mar. 2019
  • Backers who pledge high enough have the opportunity to be immortalized in a playable card that will be printed when the game goes into producting.
    — Rob Wieland, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024

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