embody
verb (used with object)
to give a concrete form to; express, personify, or exemplify in concrete form.
has embodied
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present perfectof embody (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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For Solange, whose work is deeply rooted in research, taking on this role feels like “a culmination of the many practices” she has embodied throughout her career, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025
No team has embodied the rise of the north more than Ireland, which has been No. 1 for more than a year.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
Fieri has embodied that upbeat "live and let live" ethos well on television.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2023
Ms. Haley has embodied that balancing act, saying in one statement, “This is not how justice should be pursued in our country,” and also, “It’s time to move beyond the endless drama.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2023
His daughter, Mrs. F. Taverner Graham, has embodied much of his instructions in her valuable text-book, entitled 'Reasonable Elocution,' originally published by A. S. Barnes & Co., in 1874.
From The Voice and Spiritual Education by Hiram Corson
