IDOLATRY in a Sentence

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Example sentences for IDOLATRY, such as:

1. I grew afraid that others would know of my idolatry.
2. Such idolatry of singers of country music is typical of the excessive enthusiasm of youth.
3. Love was above all earthly considerations, and I loved Dora to idolatry, and Dora loved me.
4. No, and because they were so utterly out of touch, he tortured her with his declaration of idolatry.

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 Meanings and Examples of IDOLATRY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
idolatry
 n.  worship of idols; excessive admiration
Classic Sentence:
1  Because, without intending it, I have put into it some expression of all this curious artistic idolatry, of which, of course, I have never cared to speak to him.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1
2  I grew afraid that others would know of my idolatry.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9
3  Love was above all earthly considerations, and I loved Dora to idolatry, and Dora loved me.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 38. A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
4  No, and because they were so utterly out of touch, he tortured her with his declaration of idolatry.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
Example Sentence:
1  Such idolatry of singers of country music is typical of the excessive enthusiasm of youth.