“Is it some kind of perceived void in ourselves that causes us to seek validation by peering into the lives of those we idolize?”

“He looked into the crowd, first to the left then the right, all the while letting his people idolize him with cheers and yells.”

“These everyday teenage boys are the anchors of the show, everyday Joe Schmoes who idolize Lum but don't have a chance in heck with her.”

“Though she has an empathy with her subjects, she tries not to idolise them, ensuring that none of the biographies reads like a hagiography.”

“If youths consistently saw criminals outwitting police, they would idolise the criminals, Baksh added.”

“I don't want my cousins, nieces and nephews are my daughter to idolise thugs.”

“A middle-order batsman and leg-spinner for his team, he idolises Sachin Tendulkar and misses Anil Kumble.”

“He idolises Kavanagh, and engineers a casual meeting with him on the way to school each morning.”

“She idolises her artist mother, Ingrid, who is as strong and dangerous as she is beautiful.”

“Jeff, who idolizes his mother, insists on emulating the conservative upbringing of his youth.”

“He is a father figure to her, someone she idolizes and, more importantly, someone she trusts.”

“In fact in the same way that Victoria admires me, he idolizes Morgan, though I don't know why.”

“His lack of health was incredibly disturbing and traumatic for all of us, especially a young boy who idolised him.”

“She was a keen music fan who loved pop music and idolised Justin Timberlake.”

“No wonder the Italian poet Petrarch, who idolised women, could not read her letters without exclamatory annotations in the margins.”

“Oscie's relationship with her mother has shifted from idolizing her to taking care of her.”

“Kirsten Dunst is utterly charming as the doctor's wifty office assistant, idolizing her boss from afar.”

“Born in 1979 in Zamora, Mexico, Mr. Marquez grew up idolizing the legendary Franz Beckenbauer.”

“It was certainly a boost to the ego to have all those female fans idolising you, but it did get a bit out of hand sometimes.”

“These are helping people to find mates identifying and uniting against enemies venerating or idolising a figure, institution or ideology.”

“The Londoner who stands 5ft 10ins tall grew up idolising Detroit Pistons little legend Isiah Thomas, described by many as the best player ever.”