personification

Soberingly, the man who became the personification of a smash-mouth sport—and defended it—also grew to rue its hazards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

"The personification of the club with two of the most senior figures in Abu Dhabi make it likely that the leadership in the UAE will take the ruling very personally," said Ulrichsen.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

“He’s the personification of the U.S. military, the human representative of everyone who wears the uniform and their families.”

From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2026

They felt similarly about Hello Kitty; with little identifying features or dialogue of their own, the characters were blank canvases for their own personification.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

He’s the personification of a preschool dance recital.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli

Veiled women became a visible symbol of the government’s level of control over society — black-clad personifications of state power.

From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2022

I think of these objects as personifications, as having the capacity to be storytellers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2022

Neither of the Haywoods feel quite like “real” people but rather like heightened personifications of artists hungry to become part of the movie-making business — no matter the cost.

From The Verge ● Jul. 21, 2022

It's about Dream, one of several immortal siblings who are anthropomorphic personifications of different aspects of the human condition.

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2022

I hasten to say that I regard that only as a probability, and that I think I have observed a certain resemblance between these personifications and the secondary personalities of somnambulists.

From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Camille Flammarion