How to Use epitomize in a Sentence

epitomize

verb
Definition of epitomizenext
Synonyms for epitomizenext
  • This student's struggles epitomize the trouble with our schools.
  • Twitter antics came to epitomize a broader shift in how China engages with the rest of the world.
    — Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • Each era comes with its own styles that epitomize the time period, but has there ever been a more-maligned decade than the 80s?
    — Marykate Boylan, Town & Country, 27 Jan. 2021
  • Their level of formality is just gone from the world, and it’s epitomized in that scene, but it’s also supposed to be clever and cute and all the rest of it.
    — Marah Eakin, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The song has come to epitomize the desperation of the Depression Era.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Zagreus and Thanatos, the twinkish personification of death himself, epitomize the ephebe, but older men had a role too.
    — Autumn Wright, Wired, 16 Jan. 2021
  • Off the miss, Nunez dove for the loose ball and gained possession in front of several Hawks, a sequence that epitomized Lazzor’s cultural vision.
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The late 1990s film epitomizes the essence of Black beauty.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Both cars use engines that epitomize their brands: a small-block V-8 for the Chevy, a flat-six for the Porsche.
    — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Life’s about getting back up when you get knocked down and these guys epitomized that.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2024
  • These heels epitomize business up front, party in the back.
    — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The street style icon epitomized cozy fall fashion in a pair of low-slung wide-leg jeans, a gray knit top, and an oversized gray cardigan.
    — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The two charges James took against Morant epitomized the sacrifice Ham expects his players to make.
    — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • District Judge Tanya Chutkan has come to epitomize the court's more muscular wing.
    — Marshall Cohen and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN, 11 Dec. 2021
  • The mushroom, the embodiment of all things earthy, epitomized this trend.
    — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Feb. 2024
  • This work is epitomized in one of the brand’s latest releases: the Arceau Mon Premier Galop.
    — Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Gisele’s latest outfit in New York City epitomizes the rich mom look.
    — Alex Kessler, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Soulful and deep like a glass of merlot, these dark red roses epitomize love and beauty.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 21 Jan. 2023
  • And his presence epitomizes the culture the Dodgers have tried to establish throughout the minors.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
  • To me, this game epitomizes what pro football is to some degree that college football isn’t.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The brand’s field shirt and trousers epitomize this inclusive thinking.
    — Alexander Freeling, Robb Report, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Villa’s style epitomizes the L.A. dreamer, the go-getter.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2023
  • There is no one metaphor that can epitomize something as complex as cancer.
    — Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2021
  • And the Bike+ epitomizes Peloton’s mission—and its dilemma.
    — Corey Gaskin, Ars Technica, 12 Feb. 2023
  • The midfielder Alexia Putellas, who was born not far from Camp Nou, epitomized the team’s gorgeous style.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 23 July 2023
  • The western genre became synonymous with this trope, perhaps best epitomized by John Ford’s The Searchers.
    — Sandra Hale Schulman, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Both Jenkins and Whitehead epitomize the new media trade.
    — Armond White, National Review, 12 May 2021
  • Henrik’s second plug-in car venture — the first went bankrupt in 2013 — epitomized this phenomenon.
    — Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik, Quartz, 20 June 2024

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