embodiment
noun
em·bodi·ment
im-ˈbä-di-mənt 
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Examples of embodiment in a Sentence
She's the embodiment of all our hopes.
Mother Theresa was often regarded as the embodiment of selfless devotion to others.
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Elle Fanning seems to be the perfect embodiment of that.
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
Villa had made heavy weather of victory and Watkins was the walking embodiment of the exasperation.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
It’s also been a treat to page through the visual and physical embodiments of spiritualism (pun intended)—the clothing, playbills, the Ouija boards, and rabbits in hats that remain from generations of seekers.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
The physical embodiment of that is also in The Wizard and I.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
Villa had made heavy weather of victory and Watkins was the walking embodiment of the exasperation.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
It’s also been a treat to page through the visual and physical embodiments of spiritualism (pun intended)—the clothing, playbills, the Ouija boards, and rabbits in hats that remain from generations of seekers.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
The physical embodiment of that is also in The Wizard and I.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Embodiment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/embodiment. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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