Example Sentences

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If the "Sex and the City" universe is a fantasia of materialist gloss tethered to reality by genuine truths, then the personifications of this idea should maintain a crumb of constancy.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2023

Veiled women became a visible symbol of the government’s level of control over society — black-clad personifications of state power.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2022

Neither of the Haywoods feel quite like “real” people but rather like heightened personifications of artists hungry to become part of the movie-making business — no matter the cost.

From The Verge • Jul. 21, 2022

Surrounding Usher are personifications of his inner voices, six taunting denizens of his psyche that nag and mock, undermine and throw shade.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2022

In van Lerberghe's play resistance is offered to visible personifications of death; in Maeterlinck's play resistance is impossible, because death is invisible.

From Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck by Bithell, Jethro