body forth
Example Sentences
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And for a little time—for "forty days"—the electric air seems often to body forth that luminous shape.
From The Chief End of Man by Merriam, George Spring
The supreme literary quality is the power to realize the picture and so body forth the thing thought or felt.
From Platform Monologues by Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George)
To body forth, to give from or shape to mentally.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
To body forth these common, distinct, concrete 78 images calls for a discriminating choice of words; for in the choice of words lies a large part of the vividness of description.
From English: Composition and Literature by Webster, W. F. (William Franklin)
Last, they lock The frames with clamps, the nether to the upper, And body forth a horse from crest to crupper In outline.
From Helen Redeemed and Other Poems by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
