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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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 3 Jan. 2026
Nyad's journey from shore to shore — also immortalized in the 2023 sports drama Nyad starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster — tells the story of a person striving to overcome trauma and achieve greatness at great personal cost.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Jan. 2026
The 1989 song lists 59 people— both famous and infamous — that the Piano Man immortalized as being important to the mid-century period.
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Throughout the 19th century, resorts sprang up around the island, immortalized in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening.
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 3 Jan. 2026
Nyad's journey from shore to shore — also immortalized in the 2023 sports drama Nyad starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster — tells the story of a person striving to overcome trauma and achieve greatness at great personal cost.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Jan. 2026
The 1989 song lists 59 people— both famous and infamous — that the Piano Man immortalized as being important to the mid-century period.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
Throughout the 19th century, resorts sprang up around the island, immortalized in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening.
—Kristy Christiansen, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
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“Immortalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immortalize. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.
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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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