be incarnate

Example Sentences

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It is held to be incarnate in each climate, culture and race.

From Time Magazine Archive

For generations the Verplancks have been what people expected them to be, incarnate formulas of etiquette and timid living.

From The Collectors by Mather, Frank Jewett

And as the love consumed and soon would be incarnate he closed his eyes.

From Oberheim (Voices) by Leadem, Christopher

This was the name of a village god in Savaii supposed to be incarnate in a man who walked about but was never visible to the people of the place.

From Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by Turner, George

With these explanations and cautions I will now adduce some examples of gods who have been believed by their worshippers to be incarnate in living human beings, whether men or women.

From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir