How to Use epitomize in a Sentence

epitomize

verb

• This student's struggles epitomize the trouble with our schools.
• And the two students epitomize the school’s lure to non-traditional students who don’t go there straight out of high school.
  — Steven Goode, courant.com, 25 May 2018
• This is an approach that has always epitomized Mono-ha, the School of Things.
  — Pablo Larios, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
• This is currently epitomized by contemporary hip-hop’s place as the dominant music of the youth.
  — Stereo Williams, Billboard, 24 May 2018
• Sports are often less about playing well than playing well at the right time, and no team has epitomized that weathered cliché more than the Xolos, no player more than Lucero.
  — Mark Zeigler, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 May 2018
• Mas Miró epitomizes the owner's unpretentious country charm.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 18 May 2018
• The realization epitomized our new relationship with the Earth.
  — Fred Pearce, Time, 22 May 2018
• This painting calls attention to the legacy of racial injustice in America, as epitomized by the slave ship Rebecca.
  — New York Times, 23 May 2018
• The scandal came to epitomize political meddling, patronage and dysfunction at the agency.
  — Paul Berger, WSJ, 16 May 2018
• The first play of the game epitomized what Beilein wanted.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 17 Nov. 2019
• The late 1990s film epitomizes the essence of Black beauty.
  — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 15 Aug. 2023
• The Nintendo Switch changed that, and Breath of the Wild was the game that epitomized that change.
  — Julie Muncy, Wired, 28 Dec. 2019
• Both cars use engines that epitomize their brands: a small-block V-8 for the Chevy, a flat-six for the Porsche.
  — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 26 Oct. 2021
• The May 23 outing epitomized what had been a weird month for Ramirez.
  — Maria Torres, latimes.com, 28 June 2019
• The five-hour hearing came to epitomize the heated debate around the bill.
  — NBC News, 22 June 2019
• Life’s about getting back up when you get knocked down and these guys epitomized that.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2024
• The split screen epitomized her yearlong high-wire act.
  — Vivienne Walt, Time, 13 Dec. 2019
• But for all the talk of the past in the Bronx, this year's team epitomizes baseball's present, which is all about power: power bats and power arms.
  — Stephanie Apstein, SI.com, 24 July 2019
• If Diacre needed to show what that looked like, France’s three games in the group stage epitomized her approach.
  — Elian Peltier, New York Times, 22 June 2019
• These heels epitomize business up front, party in the back.
  — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Sep. 2022
• The street style icon epitomized cozy fall fashion in a pair of low-slung wide-leg jeans, a gray knit top, and an oversized gray cardigan.
  — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2023
• Twitter antics came to epitomize a broader shift in how China engages with the rest of the world.
  — Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2021
• Each era comes with its own styles that epitomize the time period, but has there ever been a more-maligned decade than the 80s?
  — Marykate Boylan, Town & Country, 27 Jan. 2021
• The song has come to epitomize the desperation of the Depression Era.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 29 Mar. 2021
• This back-and-forth epitomized the debate as a whole, which, with a few exceptions, broke down into two camps.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 31 July 2019
• The two charges James took against Morant epitomized the sacrifice Ham expects his players to make.
  — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2023
• And in more than one case, these shots seem to epitomize the heartbreaking pain, trauma or isolation at the heart of the story.
  — Beth Marchant, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2021
• But the resulting letter to the Queen epitomizes much of what is wrong with economics—now as then.
  — Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz, TIME, 31 July 2024
• That’s where the two main characters in the movie embark on an odyssey that epitomizes the dreams and hardships of countless more hoping to make it abroad.
  — Elian Peltier Annika Hammerschlag, New York Times, 18 May 2024
• Hamilton is, by all standards, larger than life: a charming gentleman and a style legend who epitomizes Hollywood at its most glamorous.
  — Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Dec 2024