personification
Example Sentences
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Yes, her fear is alive and kicking, but she is the personification of courage.
From Washington Post
Lawmakers spent five hours verbally pummeling Chew as if he were the personification of the Chinese Communist Party.
From Washington Post
The track wept, and that isn’t an attempt at personification.
From Los Angeles Times
It's about Dream, one of several immortal siblings who are anthropomorphic personifications of different aspects of the human condition.
From Salon
Derrell Acon’s powerfully sung and revelatory Roc, a corruptible enabler of Pizarro, proved a particularly disturbing personification of the banality of evil.
From Los Angeles Times
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