EXEMPLIFY in a Sentence

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Just a few years ago Wuhan, a sprawling metropolis in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, exemplified China's economic woes.

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 Meanings and Examples of EXEMPLIFY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
exemplify
 v.  serve as an example of; embody
Classic Sentence:
1  "Here is a nut," said he, catching one down from an upper bough, "to exemplify: a beautiful glossy nut, which, blessed with original strength, has outlived all the storms of autumn."
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
2  I thus became aware of the mutual relations between them and Mr. Pocket, which were exemplified in the following manner.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXIII
Example Sentence:
1  For a generation of ballet goers, Rudolf Nureyev might exemplify the ideal of masculine grace.
2  Lyell's system was, therefore, to exemplify an epistemological analogy.
3  Just a few years ago Wuhan, a sprawling metropolis in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, exemplified China's economic woes.
4  Our teacher richly exemplified the use of these words.