How to Use personification in a Sentence

personification

noun
  • This song is a personification of my demons and my dark side.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Why do you get cast so often as the personification of evil?
    Eben Shapiro, Time, 10 Oct. 2019
  • And then there was Logan, the personification of the show’s dark theme.
    Vulture, 30 May 2023
  • The King of Pop was almost the personification of dreams.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The teacher told them to write down the definitions of a metaphor and personification and create their own.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Sep. 2020
  • The track wept, and that isn’t an attempt at personification.
    Austin Knoblauchassistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2023
  • In that regard, the two are the personification of old world tradition with a very modern fairy tale twist.
    Carole Radziwill, Town & Country, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Rice did Benghazi and is the personification of the Deep State.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 11 Aug. 2020
  • The personification of robots is at the root of most of our beloved science-fiction tales about outer space and beyond.
    John Benson, cleveland, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Moscone was the very personification of the wheeler-dealer politico, with a sonorous bass.
    Dallas News, 28 June 2022
  • Jay's entire personification was an open book, ready to add you as a character in the chapters of his life.
    Jeanne Houck, Cincinnati.com, 13 Jan. 2020
  • Williams’s goal is for his kid to be the personification of Black excellence.
    Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Themis is the Greek goddess who was considered to be the personification of justice.
    The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 10 June 2017
  • Kraven is the personification of it, but in skintight, head-to-toe animal print.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 May 2021
  • When the clown appears to each misfit, he is preceded by a personification of each of their greatest fears.
    Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 12 Sep. 2017
  • But in many ways, Moustakas has become the personification of the cold market.
    Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 6 Mar. 2018
  • The Kansas State defense is the personification of feast or famine.
    Brice Paterik, Dallas News, 30 Sep. 2020
  • The judges’ role is to evaluate and rate different elements such as the personification and voice of their colleagues.
    Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Sunayana is personification of courage and strength ...
    Max Londberg, kansascity, 30 Jan. 2018
  • The mission of the food bank, Hulett said, is to unite the community in the fight against hunger, and the holiday food drive is the personification of that mission.
    Jamie Swinnerton, Houston Chronicle, 9 Dec. 2019
  • Txarango A party band to save the world, Txarango can best be described as the personification of good vibes.
    Judy Cantor-Navas, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Customer-facing roles are the personification of your brand.
    Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Harry’s nemesis, the Dark Lord, the personification of all that is evil.
    Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Megalomania and tyranny lie in wait when a leader begins to see themselves as the personification of their nations.
    Stephen Collinson, CNN, 19 Jan. 2023
  • As his right hand raises the mallet to strike another blow, his left hand is stopped by the robed personification of death, her face heavily obscured by folds of a hood.
    Colin Dickey, Longreads, 31 Aug. 2017
  • The Bene Gesserit are the ultimate personification of this ethos.
    Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Through it all, Richard emerged as the personification of both francophone oppression and pride.
    New York Times, 26 Nov. 2021
  • To his mother, William was the personification of Wroth’s fair design.
    V.m. Braganza, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Aug. 2021
  • For better and worse, Fauci became the personification of both.
    Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Tweek is the perfect personification of American anxiety in the age of Trump.
    Matt Miller, Esquire, 21 Sep. 2017

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