embody

Example Sentences

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West didn’t just embody feminist fat acceptance; she made it cool and brought it to the masses.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

“It’s about persistence. The courage of our convictions and the strength to embody them. That’s the California Way.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Few institutions embody France’s cultural inheritance as fully as the Louvre, whose galleries trace the arc of civilizations while reflecting the French state’s centuries-old role as custodian of artistic treasure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

For some, that description by Plymouth City Council leader Tudor Evans and the images of the collapse 12 years ago came to embody Britain's crumbling Victorian railways.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

For a moment I was disoriented, seized by panic; could a ghost embody itself through wavelengths, electronic dots, a picture tube?

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt