embody
verb (used with object)
to give a concrete form to; express, personify, or exemplify in concrete form.
are embodying
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present progressiveof embody.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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That sentiment can be just hot air, in some cases, but the Huskies are embodying it.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2018
They are embodying the purposes of others if they aid; they are advancing their own opinions if they defeat: they are first if they vanquish; they are auxiliaries if they support.
From The English Constitution by Walter Bagehot
They are embodying a troop of cavalry in Edinburgh—nice young men and good horses.
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart
It may be gratifying to learn that we are embodying our views in a whole library of Sunday School literature, adapted to the meanest capacity, and therefore equally edifying to pupil, pastor, and parent.
From The Fiend's Delight by Ambrose Bierce
But not simply because it contradicts those current notions which we are embodying, as fast as we can, in our institutions.
From The Meaning of Good—A Dialogue by G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes) Dickinson
