epitomize
verb (used with object)
to contain or represent in small compass; serve as a typical example of; typify.
epitomized
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past participleof epitomize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof epitomize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
epitomizeverb (used with object)to contain or represent in small compass; serve as a typical example of; typify.
Example Sentences
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On what many onlookers credited with being the loudest night of the season, a kindergartner perhaps epitomized what many of this city’s oldest and most die-hard fans are finally feeling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
Long gone are the days when Michael Douglas’s Gordon Gekko in “Wall Street” epitomized its 1980s swagger with his contrast-collar shirts and silk-printed ties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026
Chinese immigrant Polly Bemis epitomized the pioneer-woman ideal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026
Some longevity influencers attract rubbernecking for their quixotic quests to live forever, epitomized by venture capitalist Bryan Johnson’s vampiric infusions of his teenage son’s blood plasma.
From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2026
Fairly or unfairly, to her derogators Pittman epitomized all that was reprehensible about Dick Bass’s popularization of the Seven Summits and the ensuing debasement of the world’s highest mountain.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
