living embodiment
noun
: someone that is a perfect representative or example of a quality, characteristic, etc.
He is the living embodiment of cheapness.
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Despite the scandal and disillusionment that marked his later years, Hogan was the living embodiment of kayfabe — the elaborate fiction at the heart of professional wrestling.
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Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025
Keep scrolling to get to know the drag artists who became the living embodiment of the colors that have come to mean so much—not just during Pride Month, but all year long.
—Allure Staff, Allure, 9 June 2025
As the living embodiment of that rage, the mesmerizing Izadyar comes to resemble a furious, wide-eyed wraith—an almost mythical agent of retribution.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
The Spanish Riding School is one of Vienna’s most exquisite cultural experiences—a living embodiment of grace, discipline, and centuries-old tradition.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2025
For The 1st Time — At Lower Prices My grandmother, Alberta, a devout Jamaican Catholic who migrated to America before I was born, was a living embodiment of Pope Francis’s message.
—Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Some instead clamored for New Orleans's own Lil Wayne, a living embodiment of the raucous creativity and bacchanalia of the city hosting Super Bowl LIX.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
Yet beneath this genial surface lay a boundless imagination capable of conjuring deeply unsettling worlds, the living embodiment of his recurring theme: the hidden strangeness lurking beneath the ordinary.
—Darryn King, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Bernie is a true patriot and the living embodiment of the American Dream.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
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Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025
Keep scrolling to get to know the drag artists who became the living embodiment of the colors that have come to mean so much—not just during Pride Month, but all year long.
—Allure Staff, Allure, 9 June 2025
As the living embodiment of that rage, the mesmerizing Izadyar comes to resemble a furious, wide-eyed wraith—an almost mythical agent of retribution.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
The Spanish Riding School is one of Vienna’s most exquisite cultural experiences—a living embodiment of grace, discipline, and centuries-old tradition.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2025
For The 1st Time — At Lower Prices My grandmother, Alberta, a devout Jamaican Catholic who migrated to America before I was born, was a living embodiment of Pope Francis’s message.
—Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Some instead clamored for New Orleans's own Lil Wayne, a living embodiment of the raucous creativity and bacchanalia of the city hosting Super Bowl LIX.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
Yet beneath this genial surface lay a boundless imagination capable of conjuring deeply unsettling worlds, the living embodiment of his recurring theme: the hidden strangeness lurking beneath the ordinary.
—Darryn King, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Bernie is a true patriot and the living embodiment of the American Dream.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Living embodiment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/living%20embodiment. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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