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incarnate

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


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Here, in effect, stood American corporations incarnate: massive, spectacular, inventive, prosperous, self-confident.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 8, 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

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

From BBC Oct. 29, 2023

He was insane, the devil incarnate, as bad as it got.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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

Gawain, whom Patel inhabits even more assuredly than he did David Copperfield, himself incarnates that religio-cultural tension.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2021

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

Since His Spirit incarnates itself in us, then we may expect that our lives will be triumphant also and be the source of renewal for others.

From Herein is Love A Study of the Biblical Doctrine of Love in Its Bearing on Personality, Parenthood, Teaching, and All Other Human Relationships. by Reuel L. Howe

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

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

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

From Salon May 30, 2024

Bernard Hill, a British actor who incarnated a humble style of masculine leadership in three hugely successful Hollywood movies, “Titanic” and two films in the “Lord of the Rings” franchise, died on Sunday.

From New York Times May 5, 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 dancers were incarnating the tormented souls of “Inferno,” the opening section of the full-length “Dante Project,” which is to have its premiere on Thursday.

From New York Times Oct. 13, 2021

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

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

From The Guardian Sep. 27, 2019

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

From Slate Jan. 7, 2016

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




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