personifying

present participle of personify

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of personifying Her leadership approach offers small business owners a clear model for how personifying a company strengthens teams, builds resilience, and ensures longevity beyond the founder. Dan Ringo, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 Several students said Christian helped them in the classroom and in life, personifying how a person with a disability can thrive. Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for personifying
Verb
  • But if you’ve been split between duty and desire, August invites you to stop overthinking and start embodying what feels good to you in each moment.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Advertisement The challenge for the actor included embodying two very different sides of a character, mastering football’s technical demands, and balancing humor with pain.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Pulling shots of espresso involves a flash method of expressing steam through grounds for a highly concentrated form of coffee.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Cizmek confirmed that agreements with local authorities are currently underway, expressing optimism that the project’s financial and social benefits will be shared with the local population in various ways, pv magazine reported.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • House District 70 includes portions of North Little Rock and Sherwood, incorporating the Arkansas National Guard's Camp Robinson in the north and west.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Cleaver's Fifth District, which encompasses much of Kansas City, will be split across three different districts, diluting Democratic voting strength by incorporating Republican-leaning rural areas.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025

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“Personifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personifying. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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