Example Sentences

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It's because no one else could have embodied a character with such a convincing level of easygoing wonderment, and done so with Bridges' seemingly effortless commitment and precision.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2024

Lots of people have embodied or honored Bryant since his death, his “Mamba Mentality” philosophy guiding folks with a hill to climb or battle to fight.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2024

Following the staid, uninspired attack of former offensive coordinator John Donovan, DeBoer and his offensive coordinator, Ryan Grubb, have embodied the promise he made that day:

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2022

With their outfits and performances, Beirut’s drag queens evoke sequin-clad singers like Haifa Wehbe, Sabah and Sherihan, who have embodied camp and glamour across the Arab world for decades.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2022

Thousands of generations of superstitious beliefs and practices that have embodied themselves in our laws, our customs, our language, and our institutions, are not to be easily destroyed.

From A Grammar of Freethought by Cohen, Chapman