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incarnate

[in-kahr-nit, -nayt, in-kahr-nayt] / ɪnˈkɑr nɪt, -neɪt, ɪnˈkɑr neɪt /


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Islamic fasting is oriented toward submission to divine will, while Christian penance is animated by gratitude for the incarnate God who suffered, died and rose again for the salvation of humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

The former cop and Secret Service agent spent nearly a decade losing three congressional races in two different states before settling into a groove as steroids incarnate with a microphone.

From Slate ● Mar. 1, 2025

Rep. Matt Gaetz said, “Mr. Weiss was here incarnate, but not particularly in spirit.”

From Washington Times ● Nov. 7, 2023

Afterwards Kolisi, the Springboks' skipper and spirit incarnate, spoke about distinctive mood music that accompanies his team's matches.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2023

"This TV is the devil incarnate," she said in a loud voice.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

Santos incarnates its venal and ridiculous side, the part rooted in reality TV and get-rich-quick schemes.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2023

“He incarnates this figure of authority,” Gilles Holder, a Mali expert at the CNRS, told the New York Times.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 16, 2022

The short piece, developed for this program, comes from a section of her solo work, “Hope Hunt and the Ascension Into Lazarus,” in which Doherty, an Irish choreographer, incarnates shifting ideas of masculinity.

From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2021

For Taseer, Benares incarnates a curious quality of modernity: the city makes anthropologists of the devout and believers of the skeptical.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 30, 2019

This Balsam mundifies, incarnates, and cicatrizes Wounds; being likewise good against the Bitings of venomous Beasts, and fistulous and malignant Ulcers.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Charles Gabriel Le Clerc

"She truly incarnated the love and passion of Jesus for people here," she added.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Many people dislike her decisions, but there has been little organized protest—no one I spoke to could name a politician who incarnated the opposition.

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2023

As an art form in which human beings are incarnated, drama is a natural conduit for metaphysics and ontology.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2023

Within weeks of the Nobel Prize decision, Mr. Abiy created the Prosperity Party, which incarnated his vision of a strong, centralized Ethiopian government.

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2021

There is the story of Vishnu incarnated as Vamana the dwarf.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

Which are different, but not dissimilar ways of incarnating a better, kinder world and more authentic relationships.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 27, 2019

As Thorpe, his face lupine and jowly, his cheeks hollowed, Mr. Grant undergoes a remarkable transformation, incarnating a man addicted to danger and entirely certain that others will help him evade the consequences.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2018

Scott Shepherd and Ari Fliakos take turns incarnating the brash, bumptious Mailer, whose offensive remarks rile the panelists and audience member to the point of near riot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2017

The first softens as it goes, incarnating Jesus’ earthly despair:

From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2016

One means a new direction taken by the tide of incarnating souls.

From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Kenneth Morris




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