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embodiment

[em-bod-ee-muhnt] / ɛmˈbɒd i mənt /


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In my mind, he was the very embodiment of Chineseness—and the U.S. hadn’t wanted him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

“Latinos and Hispanics in South Texas are the embodiment of the American dream.”

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

Rather, she’s the film’s embodiment of a lawful good, pre-programmed to fulfill her mission linearly without getting lost in the big, open world.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

She won the affection of ordinary Norwegians and for years has been seen as the embodiment of a modern monarchy capable of shaking up convention.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

She says he has become the very embodiment of the fresh start she was seeking for herself, and onto him she has grafted all her middle-class hopes.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

Like Homer’s, Mr. Armitage’s gods are not distant abstractions but present projections of human failings, embodiments of forces we struggle to name even after 40 centuries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

He added: "We should be proud to sit here as embodiments of the hereditary principle dating back a millennium."

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

There was a sense that it was kind of like no parents, no rules, and the companies were not structured like banks and law firms and these other embodiments of traditional corporate authority.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2023

You’ve seen them compete, these living breathing embodiments of strength and skill and athleticism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2022

They are objective embodiments in words of feelings and moods of which the speaker himself is only partly conscious.

From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by S. S. (Samuel Silas) Curry


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