embody

In a sentence

Six example sentences with embody, each labelled with its topic.

• The sculptor wanted the bronze to embody patience, so she gave the figure hands folded and eyes half closed.

  Art

• Casting directors looked for an actor who could embody quiet authority without ever raising his voice on screen.

  Movies

• Statues in the square were meant to embody civic virtue, each holding a tool of the trade it honored.

  Architecture

• The captain came to embody the team's grit, diving for loose balls in games that were already decided.

  Basketball

• The two sisters embody the novel's argument, one all sense and the other all feeling.

  Literature

• Voters wanted a candidate who could embody the town's stubborn independence, and the retired ferry captain fit.

  Politics

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