Examples of immortalize in a Sentence
The battle was immortalized in a famous poem.
The explorers were immortalized when the mountains were named after them.
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The iconic image, taken in 1986 at Serra Pelada, one of the world's largest open-pit gold mines that operated from 1980 to 1992, immortalizes both the desperation of men driven by poverty and the staggering environmental cost of their pursuit.
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Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
Everything points toward the inevitable smackdown between Andy and Discord — not to mention between Theron, whose fight skills have been on display not just in The Old Guard, but also in Mad Max: Fury Road and Atomic Blonde, and Thurman, immortalized as Black Mamba in the Kill Bill movies.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2025
Streep immortalized the role, loosely inspired by Vogue magazine’s Anna Wintour, in the 2006 blockbuster.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 30 June 2025
The rest of the country received a proper introduction in March, when hometown heroes become immortalized.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2025
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Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
Everything points toward the inevitable smackdown between Andy and Discord — not to mention between Theron, whose fight skills have been on display not just in The Old Guard, but also in Mad Max: Fury Road and Atomic Blonde, and Thurman, immortalized as Black Mamba in the Kill Bill movies.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2025
Streep immortalized the role, loosely inspired by Vogue magazine’s Anna Wintour, in the 2006 blockbuster.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 30 June 2025
The rest of the country received a proper introduction in March, when hometown heroes become immortalized.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2025
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“Immortalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immortalize. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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immortalize
verb
im·mor·tal·ize
im-ˈȯrt-ᵊl-ˌīz 
immortalized; immortalizing
: to make immortal
the battle was immortalized in a famous poem
immortalization
noun
-ˌȯrt-ᵊl-ə-ˈzā-shən
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