personification
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The oleaginous Bruno becomes both personification and executor of Guy’s desires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
His KC Tony Graham said Phoenix's family and friends were likely to regard Methven as the "personification of evil".
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2025
When they do finally meet, “it’s an explosion, like the personification of an unstoppable force colliding with an immovable object,” said Watts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2025
“Social media is the absolute personification of the classic saying ‘A lie travels halfway around the world before truth can get its boots on,’” Heard said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2024
He’s the personification of a preschool dance recital.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
I think of these objects as personifications, as having the capacity to be storytellers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2022
Neither of the Haywoods feel quite like “real” people but rather like heightened personifications of artists hungry to become part of the movie-making business — no matter the cost.
From The Verge ● Jul. 21, 2022
It's about Dream, one of several immortal siblings who are anthropomorphic personifications of different aspects of the human condition.
From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2022
Yet Scott’s script teeters between presenting fully drawn characters and firm personifications, ultimately failing at either.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2021
It will not do to say that the devils were diseases or personifications.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Ingersoll, Robert Green
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