IDOL in a Sentence
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34 example sentences for IDOL, such as:
1. To clutch that idol, treachery.
2. He used to prostrate himself before the idol.
3. Sergius is the hero of the hour, the idol of the regiment.
4. I suppose it did not occur to him Mr. Kurtz was no idol of mine.
5. She saw that she had dressed her idol with attributes of her own making.
2. He used to prostrate himself before the idol.
3. Sergius is the hero of the hour, the idol of the regiment.
4. I suppose it did not occur to him Mr. Kurtz was no idol of mine.
5. She saw that she had dressed her idol with attributes of her own making.
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Meanings and Examples of IDOL
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idol
n. an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
n. someone who is adored blindly and excessively
Classic Sentence: (29 in 2 pages)
1 Scarlett wanted to respect and adore her mother like an idol and to rumple her hair and tease her too.
2 She saw that she had dressed her idol with attributes of her own making.
3 The chimney jambs and all the bricks inside were very sooty, so that I thought this fire-place made a very appropriate little shrine or chapel for his Congo idol.
4 At last extinguishing the fire, he took the idol up very unceremoniously, and bagged it again in his grego pocket as carelessly as if he were a sportsman bagging a dead woodcock.
5 He then went about his evening prayers, took out his idol, and removed the paper fireboard.
6 And an idol, indeed, it is; or, rather, in old times, its likeness was.
7 Turning as from a fallen idol, she made other discoveries which rapidly dispelled her romantic illusions.
8 Want of exercise robs them of cheerfulness, and too much devotion to that idol of American women, the teapot, makes them feel as if they were all nerve and no muscle.
9 I could not, in those days, see God for His creature: of whom I had made an idol.
10 He might have had a monomania on the subject of his departed idol; but on every other point his wits were as sound as mine.
11 To clutch that idol, treachery.
12 He had sunken cheeks, a yellow complexion, a straight back, an ascetic aspect, and, with his arms dropped, the palms of hands outwards, resembled an idol.
13 I suppose it did not occur to him Mr. Kurtz was no idol of mine.
14 Sergius is the hero of the hour, the idol of the regiment.
15 And yet when I looked upon that ugly idol in the glass, I was conscious of no repugnance, rather of a leap of welcome.
Example Sentence:
1 The aged matinee idol still had grandiose notions of his supposed importance in the theatrical world.
2 The children, who had made him an idol, were hurt most by his defection from our cause.
3 Let's face it, their idol is willing to sign a bill that gives one aspirin to each American and just call it a victorious health care reform law!
4 He used to prostrate himself before the idol.
5 The titter that rippled around the room appeared to abash the boy, but in reality that result was caused rather more by his worshipful awe of his unknown idol and the dread pleasure that lay in his high good fortune.