The characters or relationships thus take on these associations, which come with specific valuations along a scale of positive to negative, lionized to demonized.
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Soldiers had a chance to become heroes; but no refugee was lionized.
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He was lionized and on top of the world, but when shabu devoured his health and fortune, he was almost alone.
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Jumbo has been lionized on a series of sheet music covers from roughly 1882-83.
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After all, in his time a visitor from the past would have been lionized.
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During her reign he was much lionized as a military hero of incredible valor.
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In contrast, the heroes of transformationalism are lionized for their work outside the church.
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From an abysmal beginning he rises to great fame and is lionized by socialites despite his unremitting crudity.
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Here she received a brilliant reception and was much lionized during the season of 1813.
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King was lionized by the community.
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Lodge reported that the populace had lionized by the soldiers, giving them fruit, flowers and garlands of roses.
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