Take some glitter, a bit of dirt, mix in some catchy pop hooks and you get Ke$ha, the hard-partying embodiment of a generation.
Like Walt Whitman, another hard-to-classify embodiment of the spirit of New York, he is contradictory and multitudinous.
Surely it must be harder to become the embodiment of the club than a bag of cash and a half page ad? Didn't we have any self-respect?
It is hard to believe that this embodiment of serenity, who was elected on Tuesday to head District Council 37, the nation's largest municipal union, was once renowned as a firebrand.
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They are the living, breathing embodiment of what hard work, integrity, and grit can earn you.
It is hard to imagine a more perfect embodiment of the banality of evil.
It's hard to credit him as the embodiment of an older order of chivalry.
It's hard to think of a better embodiment of the "Free to Be You and Me" era.
I'm not, however, that keen on Jordan's on/off squeeze Alex Reid, who is a shirtless embodiment of trying too hard.
"This is the first time ever that Keith Richards has participated in an advertising campaign of any sort," continues Arnault, "and it is hard to imagine a more compelling embodiment of a personal, emotional journey".
