How to Use personify in a Sentence

personify

verb

• Justice is personified as a woman with her eyes covered.
• The ancient Greeks personified the forces of nature as gods and goddesses.
• The Beach Boys personified Southern California in the ‘60s and on, bringing the sun and surf to the rest of the world.
  — Ryan Fonsecastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
• How could the man who is Barcelona personified stay away?
  — SI.com, 7 Oct. 2019
• Funny and stylish, the video sees karma personified as a jealous, hard to read lover that Daye just can’t seem to get over.
  — Sydney Scott, Essence, 22 Nov. 2019
• In both fashion and home decor, what are some must-have items that personify a coastal lifestyle?
  — Monica Mendal, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
• The Book of Wisdom, a book in the Catholic Bible, depicts wisdom personified as a woman.
  — Annie Selak, The Conversation, 28 Feb. 2023
• Shiv, Kendall, and Roman laugh and bump fists, but through prolonged, strained glances, their doubt personified in the high-note strings playing over the scene.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 26 Mar. 2023
• No one personified what being a Cane meant more than Sam.
  — David Furones, sun-sentinel.com, 30 Oct. 2019
• The artists seem to personify the tiny town — at once both traditional and modern.
  — Eric Dusenbery, ajc, 3 Jan. 2022
• You’re pop personified, so to receive this from your golden pop hands is ..
  — Spin Staff, Spin, 13 Sep. 2023
• By the late ‘80s, Ringwald personified ideal girlhood in the US, which was a heavy burden.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
• On Medicare-for-All and free college tuition, Buttigieg has personified the middle ground, the art of the possible.
  — Michael Brenes, The New Republic, 18 Dec. 2019
• Each sin, with an influencer at the helm, is personified.
  — Nandi Howard, Essence, 16 Oct. 2019
• These groups prized McKay as someone who might come to personify their ideals.
  — Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books, 5 Nov. 2020
• Wine lovers around the world are raising their glasses in tribute to an icon who personified the good life — the social life — that wine represents.
  — Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2020
• The purpose of this, one theory suggests, was to personify the human life force.
  — Andrea K. Scott, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2021
• Video of the moment came to personify the unfolding crisis.
  — NBC News, 20 Aug. 2021
• Perhaps that’s why The Entity works as a villain, even if the way the movie personifies it with swooshing graphics and eye-like optics is a little hokey.
  — Marah Eakin, WIRED, 12 July 2023
• It’s got a sclerotic ruling class personified by the frumpy and mediocre Mutti and a midwit named Olaf.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Apr. 2023
• The words personified nature, sharing the story of a mourning Earth haunted by the damage humans caused.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
• Walz noted those kinds of plays personify the player he’s seen develop since 2018.
  — Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 8 Jan. 2023
• First entranced with the program when his older brother, David, played on the team, Lee has personified Spartans’ hockey.
  — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023
• The rangy Scotsman is composure personified in the middle of the park for Manchester United.
  — SI.com, 20 Sep. 2019
• The Piaget Polo personifies the flamboyance and irreverence of the time, and is quickly adopted by the beau monde and global jet set.
  — Ming Liu, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2024
• Dwayne Johnson, good vibes personified, once shared a video accepting the award for his 2017 Baywatch remake.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2023
• In a sport that sometimes feels sapped of genuity, Morton personifies it with every fiber of his being.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 28 Aug. 2019
• Quirky prints and graphics that are filled with affirmations of self-love will have your kids stepping out in clothes that personify confidence and style.
  — Janelle Randazza, USA TODAY, 25 June 2021
• The history-making force personified inside this car has captured the attention of the world.
  — Steven Levy, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2023
• The last time Labour elected a leader who personified cautious competence was in 1935.
  — The Economist, 29 Feb. 2020

Last Updated: 28 May 2024