embodiment
noun
em·bodi·ment
im-ˈbä-di-mənt 
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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Death — well, the human embodiment of her — dies at the end of the hour and returns to her realm.
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 1 Aug. 2025
To walk through Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is to walk through an embodiment of the city itself.
—Beck Andrew Salgado, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
For him, the store is the embodiment of Haltom City’s betrayal— a wound that still stings.
—Chris Torres, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2025
Meanwhile, dreamy sequences with a handsome, cowboy hat-wearing stranger named Bruce (Murray Bartlett), an idealized embodiment of a positive masculinity, construct a rich world both visually and thematically in Ponyboi’s present.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 1 Aug. 2025
To walk through Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is to walk through an embodiment of the city itself.
—Beck Andrew Salgado, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
For him, the store is the embodiment of Haltom City’s betrayal— a wound that still stings.
—Chris Torres, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2025
Meanwhile, dreamy sequences with a handsome, cowboy hat-wearing stranger named Bruce (Murray Bartlett), an idealized embodiment of a positive masculinity, construct a rich world both visually and thematically in Ponyboi’s present.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for embodiment
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“Embodiment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/embodiment. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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