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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

He could have become a celebrity without breaking a sweat as the war hero, the jock, the husband, the cowboy, the American ideal made incarnate.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 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

"This TV is the devil incarnate," she said in a loud voice.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

Santos incarnates its venal and ridiculous side, the part rooted in reality TV and get-rich-quick schemes.

From Seattle Times Dec. 3, 2023

Remarkably, she doesn’t just resurrect Fred Rogers as a character; she incarnates his spirit — playfully, humorously, philosophically.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 22, 2019

And what does Mbappé deliver, while blatherers scorn the new, plural Europe he incarnates, but renewed faith in the political power of beauty?

From New York Times Dec. 5, 2018

If a stentorian voice once prevailed on public radio, the model of the host that Glass incarnates, and that Brian Reed embodies on “S-Town”—a sensitive, hesitating, transparently liberal male—has become equally ubiquitous today.

From The New Yorker Nov. 12, 2018

The “Elect Race” of Valentinus is the “Sonship” of Basilides that incarnates on earth for the abolition of Death.

From The Gnostic Crucifixion by G. R. S. Mead

"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

When he entered a tournament, dressed in a khaki shirt and pants and dark tie and displaying that mustache, it was as if a doppelgänger of Der Fuehrer had been incarnated.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

That’s enough genius for any writer, but Williams goes further by offering actors the opportunity of incarnating his interior poetry.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 4, 2024

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

He’s in the business of forcing thought into action, incarnating desire in the form of objects and events.

From Time May 16, 2012

Thus, like Peter, we may become rocks, incarnating the Spirit of our Lord.

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




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