embody
Example Sentences
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In many ways the sport and the harsh conditions in which it thrived embodied the traditional values and traits — resilience, community, politeness, resourcefulness — that have come to define Canada’s unique “northern character.”
From Los Angeles Times
In 1969, Bardot came to embody the nation itself after President Charles de Gaulle chose her as a new model for Marianne: a mythical figure that has personified the French Republic since the revolution.
Archaeologist Stephen Young says Mr Derby "embodies the best of what it means to be a metal detectorist and an archaeological enthusiast".
From BBC
The key was to fully embody a character and be in the moment when film rolls.
Wrestling strips life’s complications down to primal conflicts, and few wrestlers embodied this approach as famously, and forebodingly, as Hulk Hogan.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
