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Definition
to act as an example- When he said "Let's roll," his courage exemplified America's determination to defend itself.
exemplified = acted as an example
- To exemplify that particular situation, we can look to a cool day in late June.Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief
- It exemplified the economic expansion of the manufacturing-based Rust Belt town.J.D. Vance -- Hillbilly Elegy
- Nor do either of those terms connote the courage people in such pains exemplify, which is why I'd ask you to frame your mental health around a word other than crazy.John Green -- Turtles All the Way Down
- This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue
- It has been truly said that a little learning is a dangerous thing, and you have exemplified it to-night with your madcap theories.Jack London -- The Iron Heel
- The most tranquil house, with the most serene inhabitants, living upon the utmost regularity of system, is yet exemplifying infinite diversities.Henry Ward Beecher
- "Cedric was a person who exemplified many of the qualities that distinguish Hufflepuff house," Dumbledore continued.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Approach and judge for yourselves, gentlemen; ye'll see faith exemplified in an exceeding and wonderful manner.James Fenimore Cooper -- The Deerslayer
- This will not solve the problem which this crime exemplifies.Richard Wright -- Native Son
- Because I would be exemplifying things that are already undergoing a change.Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World
- They exemplify what I have said.Charles Dickens -- Bleak House
- So these two were each exemplifying the Vanity of this life, and each longing for what he or she could not get.William Makepeace Thackeray -- Vanity Fair
- The world-old phenomenon of the contact of diverse races of men is to have new exemplification during the new century.W. E. B. Du Bois -- The Souls of Black Folk
- Summer in America exemplifies fun.Nora Roberts -- Summer Pleasures
- His favorite biblical verse, Isaiah 1:18, exemplifies his passion for building coalitions: "Come now, let us reason together."Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Kennedy
- They got there with courage best exemplified by Tony Stein's headlong charge.James Bradley -- Flags of Our Fathers
- It exemplified the complex ways that family trees grow behind bars, like topiaries trained into very odd shapes.Piper Kerman -- Orange Is the New Black
- To what extent does his abominable behaviour exemplify the attitude of the present American administration?Kazuo Ishiguro -- The Remains of the Day
- I thus became aware of the mutual relations between them and Mr. Pocket, which were exemplified in the following manner.Charles Dickens -- Great Expectations
exemplify = show something using an example
exemplified = acted as an example of
exemplify = demonstrate as an example
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)