emblematize

Example Sentences

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The grim reaper has taken up permanent residence here, and is emblematized by a looming guillotine and personified by the guards, the dandified warden and the corpses that are hauled off like sacks of garbage.

From New York Times

Mr. Van Assche is a designer who often makes references to punk and teen boy culture while designing for a house that, more than any other, emblematizes conservative dimensions of French cultural identity.

From New York Times

The United States, by contrast, emblematized the proud property-owning democracy.

From The Guardian

A forced return like the one reported in Cameroon emblematizes the most extreme and unforgiving reaction to those searching for a haven.

From Washington Post

The best directors can get a complex performance, emblematized in iconic moments and symbolic inflections and gestures, from almost anyone.

From The New Yorker