Personifying is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Personifying meaning
present participle and gerund of personify
Using Personifying
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of personify
- In the example corpus, personifying often appears in combinations such as: personifying the.
Context around Personifying
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Personifying
- In this selection, "personifying" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, game, krishna, off, ardhanarishwar, images and various stand out and add context to how "personifying" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a goddess personifying good faith and allegorical each personifying an abstract. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "personifying" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with personifying
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In a scene, for some reason, I was personifying the month of January. (13 words)
All the characters are also allegorical, each personifying an abstract idea such as Fellowship, (material) Goods, and Knowledge. (18 words)
You don't have permission to access /2018/05/rip-sam-nzima-personifying-the-power-of-the-lens-in-the-struggle/ on this server. (24 words)
It’s insulting because it assumes that a kid’s movie doesn’t have to assume a standard of quality, and because it demonstrates any lack of creative thought by personifying images that have already done the creative part for them. (41 words)
At the end of the war, perhaps to allay fears about its loyalty, Locris minted coins depicting a seated Rome being crowned by 'Pistis', a goddess personifying good faith and loyalty, and returned to the Roman fold. (37 words)
But it’s what Mathis does musically with Christmas standards that really illuminate why he has been able to pick up where Bing Crosby left off, personifying the Christmas season to millions of listeners. (34 words)
Example sentences (13)
He would dart and scurry, hassling opponents and setting up teammates, stamping his hyperactive approach on every game, personifying the team whose relish for running put them on top of the world.
The next instant, he was back to being Krishna, personifying Ardhanarishwar — the symbol of the fluidity in which gender roles exist and that the male and female principles are intertwined.
But it’s what Mathis does musically with Christmas standards that really illuminate why he has been able to pick up where Bing Crosby left off, personifying the Christmas season to millions of listeners.
Contrary to the malicious portray by these crypto-ethnicists, these world renown personalities describe Menilek II as personifying the epitome of wisdom, and foresightedness, and as an exemplary to any civilized world.
Shelley is personifying all of us as viewers: enduring the trials that face us all; from snobbery and social status to divorce and romance, dog walking and job hunting.
In a scene, for some reason, I was personifying the month of January.
It’s insulting because it assumes that a kid’s movie doesn’t have to assume a standard of quality, and because it demonstrates any lack of creative thought by personifying images that have already done the creative part for them.
When the man starts to take photos with his phone, people start popping up from under the lake’s surface, personifying various social media behaviors in a maddening chorus.
You don't have permission to access /2018/05/rip-sam-nzima-personifying-the-power-of-the-lens-in-the-struggle/ on this server.
All the characters are also allegorical, each personifying an abstract idea such as Fellowship, (material) Goods, and Knowledge.
At the end of the war, perhaps to allay fears about its loyalty, Locris minted coins depicting a seated Rome being crowned by 'Pistis', a goddess personifying good faith and loyalty, and returned to the Roman fold.
However, in some cases goddesses may embody neutral forms personifying both male and female characteristics (like Sophia ), or they may even exhibit traits that are traditionally associated with the male gender (for example, Artemis ).
Some critics contended that the title actually refers to an artillery battery, and interpreted it as "Hetfield singing of a war tactic as the aggressor" personifying destruction.
Common combinations with personifying
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: