Sentence examples for may have embodied from inspiring English sources

Ben Franklin and Henry David Thoreau may have embodied the American virtues of economy and simplicity, but figures from Thomas Jefferson (who ran up huge bills on fine living and died in debt) to Michael Jackson embody equally well our tradition of wretched overindulgence.

Similarly, as much as Prussia may have embodied, in the words of Mirabeau, an "army with a state rather than a state with an army", it showed remarkable entrepreneurial vigor.

He may have embodied the infamous Argentine revolutionary in Steven Soderbergh's "Che" (2008), but Benicio del Toro's Lado was whipped into shape by cartel Queen Elena (Salma Hayek) in Oliver Stone's "Savages".

Pirates may also have embodied rather advanced social and economic ideas, though scholars can't quite agree on what those were.

The purity that Robbins was seeking in the plotless, abstract conditions of his later ballets may well have embodied the redemption he felt he needed for his own guilt.

While the EHR may not have embodied multidisciplinary healthcare teams, it decreased barriers in regard to specialties accessing patients' complete health history.

Bobby Kennedy may very well have embodied a sentiment of equality and social democracy that our people should be treated well.

He might even be said to have embodied it – and this may well have been one reason why others who were not Nazis resented his fame and success.

When we have embodied presence, our posture shifts.

The Mets have embodied this sense of New York as underdog.

Plenty of recent events have embodied all this.