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

“Their play style is relentless. I think of so many plays in games where guys are fighting that extra inch and those guys epitomize that.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2025

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

But it’s those first five names mentioned in this column that epitomize the distinction between the Mariners and the rest of the league.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 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