incarnated

verb

past tense of incarnate
as in embodied
to represent in visible form the general view that Hitler incarnated extreme egotism and indeed evil itself

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Recent Examples of incarnated The farm machinist, reading Keskin’s Y’ol, incarnated the dan in the figure of a white Midwestern man. — Literary Hub, 6 July 2026 The director’s vision, incarnated by Seyfried’s bewitching presence and voice, invokes the uncanny atmosphere of early Shakerism. — Christian Goodwillie, The Conversation, 22 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incarnated
  1. embodied
  2. expressed
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  • Catherine takes that description to new extremes, embodied by Petticrew with terrifying intensity.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 27 July 2026
  • There were four outlandish, outcast characters, whom Goldberg utterly embodied with something as slight as the crossing of her eyes or the dragging of her leg.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
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  • Stieb, who still holds numerous Blue Jays pitching records, expressed his belief that baseball writers of his era unfairly disregarded players north of the border.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • Lisa van den Bos, product manager for digital education at the museum while the study was underway, expressed surprise that even subtle ordering changes on the guide impacted traffic patterns.
    — Mureji Fatunde-Iloeje, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2026
Definition of expressed

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