embody
Example Sentences
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Though both Gutiérrez and Sanchez fit under the generic identity umbrella of “Mexican American,” each of them knowingly embodies a distinct “flavor of Mexican.”
From Los Angeles Times
The hive mind is one of genre fiction’s most reliably unsettling tropes, embodying our native fear of being overwhelmed by a force organized around a singular purpose.
From Salon
Bardot was not only one of the defining faces of post-war cinema but also a figure whose life and legacy embodied both cultural transformation and intense controversy.
From Salon
In many ways the sport and the harsh conditions in which it thrived embodied the traditional values and traits — resilience, community, politeness, resourcefulness — that have come to define Canada’s unique “northern character.”
From Los Angeles Times
In 1969, Bardot came to embody the nation itself after President Charles de Gaulle chose her as a new model for Marianne: a mythical figure that has personified the French Republic since the revolution.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
