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 guy is like a warm hug personified.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
  • That to me personifies this team right now – a bunch of guys who are selfless.
    — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Jokic is clutch personified, an artist at his best when the clock’s about to run out.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2024
  • In both fashion and home decor, what are some must-have items that personify a coastal lifestyle?
    — Monica Mendal, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Her style is personified in her store, as well as her home, and her buying trips tend to end with goods for both places.
    — Birmingham Magazine, AL.com, 10 May 2017
  • The pot of gold at the other side of the rainbow fully personified.
    — Tatum Dooley, Teen Vogue, 29 May 2019
  • And no one personifies that more than Hutson.
    — Arpon Basu, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Then my theater brain needed to personify it, to be like, ‘Hey, girl, talk to me.
    — Michael Love Michael, Them, 19 Sep. 2024
  • No one personifies that idea more than the coach, Steve Sampson.
    — Joe Knowles, chicagotribune.com, 27 June 2018
  • No one personifies the line’s blue-collar ethos more than Creason.
    — Michael Lev, azcentral, 9 July 2019
  • The Olive oil cake is decadence personified.
    — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Yet, away from the court, these two personify the best qualities of friendship and the silliness that comes with it.
    — James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 3 June 2026
  • The artists seem to personify the tiny town — at once both traditional and modern.
    — Eric Dusenbery, ajc, 3 Jan. 2022
  • The beauty of this game may be personified in Larry Ward’s jump shot.
    — Mike Jensen, Philly.com, 28 June 2018
  • These groups prized McKay as someone who might come to personify their ideals.
    — Colin Grant, The New York Review of Books, 5 Nov. 2020
  • The Princess of Wales looks like sunshine personified.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 17 June 2026
  • To see #blacklove personified, check out these touching images of Jackie and her bae.
    — Jennifer Ford, Essence, 9 July 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
  • These don't work as well if the states at the helm, as personified by their leaders, are erratic or irrational.
    — Tim Naftali, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2017
  • The player who personified it was the same player who would emerge as James’s unlikely foil.
    — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2018
  • The purpose of this, one theory suggests, was to personify the human life force.
    — Andrea K. Scott, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Grief personified in brother's glare The exchange involved some form of the F-word.
    — Keith Bierygolick, Cincinnati.com, 22 June 2017
  • Too long for him and the Gators, whose sophomore point guard personified the team’s season-long backcourt struggles.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Going from the major leagues to the independent leagues to a right-arm sling and back to the big leagues again is risk/reward personified.
    — Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 7 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • In many ways, Rob Keefe personifies a recovering city that found its heart through its Pulse.
    — Mike Bianchi, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 June 2017
  • The clothes personified the luxurious ease and glamour of the season.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Stamp personified our image of Swinging London in many ways.
    — Christina Newland, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025

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