- present tense form of personify (3rd person singular).
personifies
Example Sentences
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And yet, for some reason, it is the band’s rhythm guitarist who personifies immortality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
In his maqāma, Ibn al-Wardi personifies the plague as a mischievous wanderer who brings death to one region after another over a 15-year journey.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2025
But in some ways he personifies the late pontiff's legacy in his country.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
“The shadow personifies everything that the subject refuses to acknowledge about himself,” Jung wrote.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2025
Calliope, receiving the stylus and tablets from Apollo, personifies poetry and its rhythm; Polyhymnia, finger on lips, represents mime.
From An Autobiography by Stravinsky, Igor
