In the old pageant Winter was the personification of cold. (personification: embodiment, incarnation, human representation) The lead tried to personify its cruelty with a scowl. (personify: embody, exemplify, incarnate) His understudy thought stillness might embody it better. (embody: personify, incarnate, exemplify) When the lead lost his voice, the stage manager called the understudy out of the wings.
He had one mannerism that could exasperate a director. (mannerism: habit, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy; exasperate: infuriate, irritate, aggravate) Whenever he was unsure what to do, he tucked his hands under his arms. Now the gesture seemed the embodiment of February. (embodiment: personification, incarnation, epitome) The audience grew so quiet he could hear somebody's teeth chatter.
The review said his performance seemed to epitomize restraint. (epitomize: exemplify, typify, embody; restraint: self-control, self-restraint, moderation) The director wanted future pupils to exemplify the same discipline. (exemplify: illustrate, embody, represent) The understudy offered a shorter explanation. The company, in another bid to keep costs down, had still not fixed the furnace.