embody
verb (used with object)
to give a concrete form to; express, personify, or exemplify in concrete form.
embodies
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present tense formof embody (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Jacob Tremblay embodies a young Kaczynski almost exactly as I have imagined him, minus the smiling and the forging of his mother’s signature.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
Former labor organizer and iron worker Brian Poindexter embodies the emerging blue-collar, practical-minded Democrat type in the upcoming midterms.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
The country embodies Western Europe’s drift toward secularism and the church’s loss of influence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
The gender switch makes sense, and Whyland embodies the spirit of artistic cooperation that makes “Begin Again” such an invigorating experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
In environmental terms, Thoreau, who saw the landscape as imbued with an essential wildness that could be heedlessly destroyed, embodies physis.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
