Examples of epitomize in a Sentence
This student's struggles epitomize the trouble with our schools.
his personal code of behavior on the playing field is epitomized by his favorite saying, “Nice guys finish last”
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This image epitomizes the best of college basketball.
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Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2025
In Perrin's wake was an instantly iconic reality TV moment that epitomized the kind of red-hot rage networks exploited across early-aughts reality shows.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
In his personal life, Le Corbusier’s aim for functionality in every aspect of his life was epitomized by the forestière (French for a person who works in a forest), a jacket the Swiss-French architect is said to have commissioned from the Parisian boutique Arnys in 1947.
—Sofia Celeste, WWD, 20 Mar. 2025
Dino Valenti), that epitomized the utopian dreams of the Sixties counterculture as the decade came to its tumultuous end.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2025
In Perrin's wake was an instantly iconic reality TV moment that epitomized the kind of red-hot rage networks exploited across early-aughts reality shows.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
In his personal life, Le Corbusier’s aim for functionality in every aspect of his life was epitomized by the forestière (French for a person who works in a forest), a jacket the Swiss-French architect is said to have commissioned from the Parisian boutique Arnys in 1947.
—Sofia Celeste, WWD, 20 Mar. 2025
Dino Valenti), that epitomized the utopian dreams of the Sixties counterculture as the decade came to its tumultuous end.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Epitomize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epitomize. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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epitomize
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epit·o·mize
i-ˈpit-ə-ˌmīz 
epitomized; epitomizing
: to make or serve as an epitome of
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