How to Use epitomize in a Sentence

epitomize

verb
  • This student's struggles epitomize the trouble with our schools.
  • Life’s about getting back up when you get knocked down and these guys epitomized that.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2024
  • Their series win over the Padres this week epitomized it all.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Del Rio epitomizes the fight the Gators have shown the past two games.
    — Edgar Thompson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 Sep. 2017
  • In every age, there is some place that epitomizes how power works.
    — Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
  • The five-hour hearing came to epitomize the heated debate around the bill.
    — NBC News, 22 June 2019
  • That is the guy who epitomizes team, who demands respect with his toughness.
    — Richard Obert, azcentral, 18 Oct. 2019
  • These songs epitomize the hard lessons learned in living by any means necessary.
    — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Rudy epitomizes that anger, even succumbing to it.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2025
  • It was epitomized in that Oranje march but now evident all over the area.
    — Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026
  • Marshall epitomized the homey vibe that made Alta a favorite of so many skiers.
    — Morgan Tilton, Outside Online, 18 Apr. 2018
  • By the way, that tiny cash payout epitomizes why equities are looking so frothy.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Each month has a holiday that epitomizes the energy of the month.
    — Melinda Ribner, Sun Sentinel, 16 Oct. 2024
  • The May 23 outing epitomized what had been a weird month for Ramirez.
    — Maria Torres, latimes.com, 28 June 2019
  • This back-and-forth epitomized the debate as a whole, which, with a few exceptions, broke down into two camps.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 31 July 2019
  • No player epitomizes the Mets’ season quite like Bichette.
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 13 June 2026
  • For years, elite athletes and large crowds epitomized the spirit of the Optimist game.
    — Joe Davidson, sacbee, 15 Jan. 2018
  • And the two students epitomize the school’s lure to non-traditional students who don’t go there straight out of high school.
    — Steven Goode, courant.com, 25 May 2018
  • This is an approach that has always epitomized Mono-ha, the School of Things.
    — Pablo Larios, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Twitter antics came to epitomize a broader shift in how China engages with the rest of the world.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2021
  • But the resulting letter to the Queen epitomizes much of what is wrong with economics—now as then.
    — Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz, TIME, 31 July 2024
  • If Diacre needed to show what that looked like, France’s three games in the group stage epitomized her approach.
    — Elian Peltier, New York Times, 22 June 2019
  • And in more than one case, these shots seem to epitomize the heartbreaking pain, trauma or isolation at the heart of the story.
    — Beth Marchant, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The final game against Nakashima epitomized the completeness of his tennis.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • But last night, one homer in each MLB game epitomized that fine line — and maybe the concept of fate itself.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • But Bohm epitomized the whole team — a tremendous performance in the season’s first few months followed by a slow burn.
    — Matt Gelb, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Wollstonecraft’s life epitomizes the tension between them.
    — Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
  • Wednesday’s Game 1 of runs epitomized the cliche of basketball.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 4 June 2026
  • That’s where the two main characters in the movie embark on an odyssey that epitomizes the dreams and hardships of countless more hoping to make it abroad.
    — Elian Peltier Annika Hammerschlag, New York Times, 18 May 2024
  • Rooms epitomize old-fashioned comfort.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026

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