very image
Example Sentences
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Sometimes the very image you have of this person in your head is betrayed by their actual physical presence, which can only be conveyed completely when they are live and in front of you.
From Slate ● May 17, 2021
I recently spoke with a young woman of color who cried when she saw that very image, because a family member of hers is a cafeteria worker in a military hospital ward treating Covid-19 patients.
From Salon ● May 16, 2020
Few artists can portray themselves as silly, airy party girls and then utterly subvert that very image, all in the same song.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 30, 2020
The main reading room, an astonishingly generous 297-by-78-foot space, is the very image of a public library, and it has been since opening day in 1911.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2016
"Look at her. The hair, the eyes. She is the very image of Cat at the same age."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
