personify
verb (used with object)
to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
were personifying
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past progressiveof personify.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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They were personifying the rhythm, which, here, was tribal, on-the-loose and non-negotiably infectious.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2015
The Apostle speaks as if he were personifying the blood and ascribing to the slain man the faith which he had manifested before.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews by Thomas Charles Edwards
