How to Use embody in a Sentence

embody

verb
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Synonyms for embodynext
  • The legislature embodied a revenue provision in the new law.
  • In a sense, Kashkari has come to embody the harsh trade-offs at the heart of the battle against inflation.
    — Michael Steinberger, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2023
  • In the second part, Trump has come to embody those rules fully.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Squirrels do not like the smell of any flowers or herbs that embody a strong scent.
    — Ashley Martens, Redbook, 16 May 2023
  • An ideal ‘The Boys’ finds a way to embody, even when things get truly nasty.
    — Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 25 July 2024
  • Daley expects the venue to embody the aura that has fueled the trend.
    — Josh Glicksman, Billboard, 13 May 2024
  • More than mere culinary spaces, kitchens tend to embody the heart of a home.
    — Kim Cook, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Each version of the Laureato, both 42 mm and 38 mm, fully embody the spirit of the two brands.
    — Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Rufus Kampa will embody the young prince at 15 in the wake of his mother's passing.
    — Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 25 Nov. 2022
  • The pink sneakers with red soles embody the rapper and her world of Gag City seamlessly.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 1 Apr. 2024
  • At stake in Adam and Eve’s transgression in the Garden is the knowledge of good and evil, which embodies power.
    — Christopher Knight, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Whenever Turner can’t be in the scene herself, Seed steps in to embody her.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 3 May 2024
  • But Lesh embodied the Dead as much as anyone, maybe sometimes more.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Phillips' challenge is to embody the spirit of Sondheim's most sacred truths (no small task).
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Each piece is made to embody what Disney has meant to each contributor to the auction.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 27 Oct. 2023
  • People who do their thing, in their own way, and embody the essence of their communities.
    — Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Or, rather, how does Held By Trees use music to embody that transition?
    — Spin Contributor, SPIN, 28 June 2023
  • Surfers put themselves through this life cycle over and over again in the water, learning to embody resiliency along the way.
    — Claire Salinda, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The big question is embodied in whether Trump wins with more than a majority, and if so, by how much.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2024
  • The dream is to embody the AI services people might access on a TV, computer, or phone.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Jan. 2024
  • These products, which also make great hostess gifts or stocking stuffers, embody the scents of the season and are a true nod to Christmas.
    — Christina Shepherd McGuire, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The themes of creation and recreation are embodied in the album’s Protean sonic twists.
    — Beverly Bryan, SPIN, 5 Dec. 2023
  • This movie embodies almost every way in which time travel might fail to make sense.
    — Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023
  • And nowhere embodies the statewide split like Door County, the pinky finger reaching into Lake Michigan on the eastern side of the state.
    — Jess Bidgood, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Printed on front of the programs for Charles Cleveland Day is a quote attributed to Charles that embodies that idea.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 4 May 2023
  • Renowned for her sharp tongue and clever humor, Sophia naturally embodies the witty traits of the Air signs.
    — Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2024
  • The same trio of singers returned to embody the duo of gods in disguise scheming to seduce the nymph Io — each of them seemingly running on a recharged battery.
    — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
  • Is that cost higher or lower than letting someone else embody that for you?
    — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2022
  • As a cardinal sign, the first in their family of signs, Cancers embody the essence of the water element.
    — Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 22 June 2024
  • If necessity is the mother of invention, then reinvention must be the mother of resilience—and few embody that better than Martha Stewart.
    — Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 4 Nov. 2024

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