personified

Example Sentences

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He personified America as the empire of “hope”—a favorite Jackson word.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

The late P-22 — a celebrity mountain lion that inhabited Griffith Park – personified the tribulations facing his kind.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

He had been solidity personified since the start of the year, and unquestionably the leading McLaren driver to that point of the season.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025

But bassist Garry Tallent never smiled that much, and Springsteen’s onstage foil, the Big Man, Clarence Clemons, was never awkward or gangly the way he is portrayed here; the man was elegance personified.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2025

Literally, I take a two-second photograph, and now I’m obstruction personified.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera