embody
verb (used with object)
to give a concrete form to; express, personify, or exemplify in concrete form.
is embodying
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present progressiveof embody (3rd person singular).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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Here, a new generation of Latinas is embodying this living art form.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Drag teaches that to kids and shows you this queer person who is embodying what it is to just be yourself 100 percent.
From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2023
They had discovered that the secret to superstardom is embodying a paradox: they were normal guys, just like their fans, living a dream on behalf of the masses.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 30, 2016
In scoring a century before lunch at Worcester, he is embodying Lehmann's desire to take the game to the opposition by playing an attacking brand of cricket.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2013
He is embodying angels, and spreading angelic light; himself, slipshod and loosely girdled, centring the radiance he creates.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various
