personify
verb (used with object)
to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
personifies
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present tense formof personify (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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And yet, for some reason, it is the band’s rhythm guitarist who personifies immortality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
In his maqāma, Ibn al-Wardi personifies the plague as a mischievous wanderer who brings death to one region after another over a 15-year journey.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2025
But in some ways he personifies the late pontiff's legacy in his country.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
“The shadow personifies everything that the subject refuses to acknowledge about himself,” Jung wrote.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2025
It personifies it, and makes it seem like a living menace, a sentient danger.
From The Come Back by Carolyn Wells
