physicalize
Americanverb (used with object)
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“I want to write for the choreographer. I’m going to create scenarios that physicalize themselves in unique ways.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2022
One plausible explanation is that zombies physicalize our fear of mortality and decay.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2021
I’ve been trying to physicalize my healing, which feels like a gift in this moment which is so, so, so dark.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2020
She couldn’t physicalize sarcasm and shock with as much cursive and calculus as the other five.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2019
That was a big clue for me, how to physicalize him.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2011
Cousins is very close to movie passion physicalized, and given an Irish accent.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2021
“Please get caught drawing with your kids; it is a physicalized form of empathy.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2020
My own emotional reaction was completely physicalized: I couldn't breathe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2018
This physicalized version causes us to experience how deeply Blanche has been marked — down to her very bones.
From Washington Post ● May 29, 2015
Magnetism is the highest form of physicalized power in the universe.
From Supreme Personality by Croft, Delmer Eugene
But the real magic is in the way James delivers those lines, along with physicalizing a kind of confidence learned from music videos and punctuating her sentences with careless laughter.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2023
Craig is at his best in physicalizing Macbeth’s transitions; you can see in his bearing the effects of flattery and finery on his balloon personality.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2022
Their hope is that by physicalizing these traumatic incidents, they can reinscribe their memories and dispel their power.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2021
For this program, the Graham company celebrates the work’s 75th anniversary, showcasing Graham’s skill at physicalizing both domestic drama and social tensions with stoic grandeur.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2019
Large screens dominated the stage, best used for email threads and social-media feeds, physicalizing the distracted mental state of being online.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2019
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