Thesaurus results for PERSONIFY

personify

verb

pər-ˈsä-nə-ˌfī

Definition of personify

as in to embody

to represent in visible form through her many good works she just personifies the spirit of charity

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Recent Examples of personify At times, Fauci appeared to embrace his status as expertise personified. — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026 Matt Dirksen / Chicago Cubs / Getty Images PITTSBURGH — Dansby Swanson, the Gold Glove shortstop for the Chicago Cubs, has personified the club’s streakiness at various points of an up-and-down season with so many twists and turns still ahead. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 26 July 2026 His grace and humility in the face of it all personified what this team meant to so many of us. — Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026 Jim Hummel, community reporter, newspaper bureau chief, State House reporter, television anchor and producer and independent investigative reporter, personifies Rhode Island journalism. — Will Richmond, The Providence Journal, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for personify

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During the 1960s and ’70s, Morgan embodied and inspired historic changes in how women lived and thought.

— Hillel Italie, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
The contrast between relief and despair is rarely more stark than on a tennis court, where two players embodying those emotions stand across the net at the end of a match and shake hands.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of embody

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Artificial intelligence developers are expressing alarm that AI could destroy humanity in the next few years, and industry leaders are calling for a slowdown in its development.

— Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 14 Sep. 2026
At the blue red carpet rollout last week, the actress, known for portraying Olivia Benson in the NBC franchise, expressed excitement to do something different from her longstanding work on the show.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026

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Prieto zooms out even further with some of the other pieces in the exhibition, which don’t incorporate original building fragments but are inspired by their architecture.

— Jill Singer, Curbed, 14 Sep. 2026
Korean brands have become particularly adept at turning said ingredients into lightweight, layered topicals that are easy to incorporate into everyday rituals.

— Sophie Dunne, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

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