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It really felt like they were embodying the type of motherhood that I wanted when I set out to have kids.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2023

The active courage of his troops, and the enterprising temper of their commander, rendered him extremely formidable to the parties of royal militia who were embodying in that quarter of the country.

From The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by Marshall, John

Greene, re-enforced by a body of Virginia militia under General Stevens, soon re-entered North Carolina, where numerous tories were embodying themselves to join Cornwallis.

From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Campbell, Charles

While thus employed, he received intelligence that the loyalists were embodying above him, in great force, under Hector McNeill.

From The Life of Francis Marion by Simms, William Gilmore