lionised

Hansie had to be "lionised" as heroine of the war, and this was done in a whole-hearted, generous way which was a constant source of wonder to her.

The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service Johanna Brandt 1920

The homely mesdames and messieurs from the Parisian boards were 'lionised' (how strangely that phrase rings to modern ears!) in ducal drawing-rooms.

The Works of Max Beerbohm Max Beerbohm 1914

The country bears the cost of the negative economic externalities of these practices, yet these parasites are lionised.

Letters: We must rebalance the economy now 2011

The Chinese government insists Ai's case is unrelated to human rights and that he was held for tax evasion; critics say the western media have lionised him when they should be assessing his financial records.

Ai Weiwei: 'Every day I think, this will be the day I get taken in again...' 2011

Uniquely, Lee is the kingpin of cerebral standup, lionised by the Penguin-paperback cognoscenti.

Standup has grown up – but that doesn't mean it is great literature 2011

But when formally declaring his interests, Mayor Davies neglected to mention his founding role and lionised status within the Campaign against Political Correctness.

Diary Hugh Muir 2010

The irony of him being rubbished by the administration in 2003 was that, 13 years earlier, he had been lionised by Bush the elder.

Fair Game: Free agents 2011

We lionised the players and thought lots more money in the game meant lots more satisfaction from it.

Shed no tears for Liverpool: our football needs deflating Martin Kettle 2010

Once celebrated by fellow architects and critics, lionised by feminists, the subject of a thousand newspaper articles, the self-effacing Elisabeth Scott's success in the 1927 competition transformed prospects for women in the architectural profession in the 20th century.

A stage of her own: Elisabeth Scott and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre 2011

And if not the star of a piece of musical grand guignol, they were lionised as indefatigable outlaws.

Readers recommend songs about villains: The results 2010