embody
Example Sentences
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"It's almost like he is trying to reach for this glorified manhood that he cannot embody anymore," said Sabrina Karim, a political science professor at Cornell University.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
His failures were many and spectacular, but in 1940, as Britain fought alone against Hitler’s Germany, he drew on a lifetime’s writing about greatness to embody it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Christian figures who embody ideals of goodness and holiness – saints, Mary and even Jesus – are the ones who rule the runway.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
Salieri is malicious and conniving, which Bettany disconcertingly says was very easy to embody.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
For a moment I was disoriented, seized by panic; could a ghost embody itself through wavelengths, electronic dots, a picture tube?
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Vocabulary lists containing embody
100 SAT Words Beginning with "E"
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Vocabulary from "Stop Expecting Games to Build Empathy" by Julie Muncy
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