epitomize

Example Sentences

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The two entrepreneurs came to epitomize a certain swagger of the first hype cycle roughly a decade ago when Silicon Valley was betting it could replace a world of human-driven cars with robots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

In one shining moment, they now epitomize it.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2024

More than any other ocean-dwelling creature, they epitomize the movement to save, as the saying goes, wildlife in the ocean.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2024

In browsing print shops and bookstores, I found and bought illustrated books by designers whose styles epitomize art nouveau, Art Deco, and the arts and crafts aesthetic.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2023

The time-tested strategy of using those who epitomize moral virtue as symbols in racial justice campaigns is far more difficult to employ in efforts to reform the criminal justice system.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander