personifies

present tense third-person singular of personify

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of personifies Introduced crawling through the Trask family’s field, her black blood spattering their rich soil like a human pesticide, Cathy personifies the series’ potent blend of dread and beauty. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2026 Even though Miami’s inside linebacker spot had been decimated by injuries, and the overall roster lacks playmakers (which Dodson was), and experience (43 NFL starts), that decision personifies what this season will be about. — Omar Kelly august 30, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026 With a soothing neutral color palette and elegant touches like custom cathedral ceilings, the house personifies modern luxury. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 12 Aug. 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 No place personifies this quirky little beach town better than The Red Bar, a bohemian hangout swathed in scarlet lights that’s known for its crab cakes and in-house jazz band. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 21 June 2026 Before each showing, attendees are invited to a discussion over dinner that explores the trilogy’s themes of fear, chaos, pain, justice, sacrifice and what ultimately personifies the good life. — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026 His renaissance has been emphatic and, in many ways, personifies Villa’s campaign. — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 25 May 2026 His replacement, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, personifies another shift in the Iranian system’s center of gravity, away from political management and toward security-bureaucratic coordination. — Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 9 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for personifies
Verb
  • Kaluuya embodies Jay, newly released from a psychiatric hospital because Misty ran out of money to pay the bill, all the way down to the marrow.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Perched on the edge of Marina Bay, Moshe Safdie’s ArtScience Museum embodies the intersection of art and science through the metaphor of a lotus.
    — Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Sometimes a judge will do that if a defendant credibly expresses remorse for his crimes.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026
  • In a post on Bluesky, freelance journalist Tim Stevens expresses frustration with the changes to Beehiiv that he’s seen after switching to the platform earlier this year.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Personifies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personifies. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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