How to Use embodiment in a Sentence
embodiment
noun- 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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And that music was the embodiment of the idea of what this band is all about.
— Melinda Newman, Billboard, 8 Mar. 2024 -
Biles is, in many ways, the embodiment of those changes.
— Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2024 -
Michael's whole life is an embodiment of why that isn’t the case.
— Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2024 -
Tuck herself is a force, an embodiment of the ebb and flow of life.
— Samantha Laine Perfas, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Jan. 2023 -
And the next, the embodiment of everything in all of us that just wants to be good, just wants to be loved.
— Carvell Wallace, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2023 -
He was once cheered as the embodiment of the Chinese dream.
— New York Times, 8 July 2021 -
The embodiment of that hope is Gus, the 10-year-old deer boy played by Convery.
— New York Times, 4 June 2021 -
But also the way that Mariska is just the embodiment of laughter — of joy.
— Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023 -
So this is, to some degree, an artist’s portrait of that and the embodiment of their love.
— Janell Ross, Time, 21 Jan. 2023 -
Active embodiment like this is, for me, the purest form of self-love.
— Abeni Jones, Travel + Leisure, 28 Feb. 2022 -
To her, the adult daycare center was the embodiment of love.
— Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 13 Aug. 2021 -
In the film, the parents are the embodiment of art vs. science, battling for their child’s soul.
— Ellen Gamerman, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2022 -
In it, the artist lay in the hammock for eight hours as a physical embodiment of leisure.
— Kaila Philo, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 June 2024 -
Moms are the true embodiment of ‘non-stop’ because the work never ends.
— Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 3 May 2022 -
As Finnix, Keaton is the embodiment of the good country doctor.
— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2021 -
And here to deal with it all is the chin mask, half on, half off, the physical, facial, embodiment of life in the summer of 2021.
— BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2021 -
For me, Kelly and Adam are the physical embodiment of the city.
— Marta Balaga, Variety, 15 June 2024 -
These people disliked the West, and Winston Churchill was an embodiment of the West.
— Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 18 June 2024 -
But DeJa’s embodiment of the song edged her out just enough to earn her place back, leaving Daya Betty to get the chop.
— Stephen Daw, Billboard, 18 Jan. 2022 -
For Bryant, Carter has been the embodiment of a servant leader.
— Jozsef Papp, ajc, 19 Feb. 2023 -
The sweet waters are the embodiment of purity and beauty, and the essence of beauty.
— Allison Noelle Conner, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024 -
Khaby is the embodiment of what a BOSS stands for today.
— Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022 -
Jokic is the embodiment of the modern N.B.A., where more and more centers decide to bring the ball up themselves.
— New York Times, 20 Apr. 2022 -
Ohtani was the physical embodiment of a concept that was already in the air.
— Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2021 -
Ado’s awe-inspiring voice was an embodiment of the movement of the smoke shown on the enormous center screen.
— Billboard Japan, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2024 -
This way of standing was seen as an embodiment of high-class decadence.
— Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024 -
Overhead and atop tables, meanwhile, Guild lighting serves as the literal embodiment of bright ideas.
— Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 18 Oct. 2024 -
The building has such cultural potency that, for some, it’s become the embodiment of freedom itself.
— Nick Mafi, Architectural Digest, 18 Nov. 2024
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