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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

He could have become a celebrity without breaking a sweat as the war hero, the jock, the husband, the cowboy, the American ideal made incarnate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2025

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

He’s enjoying this, I thought bitterly, he’s imagining himself Justice incarnate, balancing the scales.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

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

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2023

Gabriel Attal, the government spokesman, told Europe 1 radio that Ms. Baker was a “magnificent symbol who incarnates the love for France that can also come from people who are not born here.”

From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 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

Golding, meanwhile, incarnates the screen charisma of a young Tyrone Power; he has only to flash his mega-watt smile to slip a scene into his immaculately tailored pocket.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2018

The “Elect Race” of Valentinus is the “Sonship” of Basilides that incarnates on earth for the abolition of Death.

From The Gnostic Crucifixion by G. R. S. Mead

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

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Erivo, a musical theater divinity, incarnated Elphaba from the inside out while delivering the power ballads with as much feeling as vocal majesty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2024

This change was made in the name of the one who incarnated the movement and its national revolution.

From Salon ● May 30, 2024

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

He was street nobility incarnated in someone who still believed in dreams.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez

The counselors known as Jerry, who serve as vessels through which the universe expresses itself and guide new souls through the process of incarnating on Earth, are illustrated in the film as two-dimensional line figures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2020

Aretha became a revolution by incarnating powerful ideas and desires that were sloshing around seeking a vessel strong enough to contain them.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 16, 2018

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

From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2016

He’s in the business of forcing thought into action, incarnating desire in the form of objects and events.

From Time ● May 16, 2012

God has meant each of us for something; incarnating in us one of his own great thoughts, and equipping us with all material that is necessary for its realization.

From John the Baptist by F. B. (Frederick Brotherton) Meyer