Literary notes about Exemplified (AI summary)
The term “exemplified” is often employed by writers to indicate how abstract ideas, qualities, or events become clear when they are embodied in a particular manifestation. In this usage, authors turn a general principle into something tangible and vivid, as seen when a doctrine finds clear expression in a legendary incident [1] or when a philosophical concept takes shape in the numerical and material world [2]. In literary and historical narratives, the word is used to underline the illustration of character traits, societal conditions, or cultural phenomena—from the portrayal of national peculiarities [3, 4] to the demonstration of natural facts [5, 6]—thus bridging the gap between theory and observable reality [7, 8].
- The doctrine is exemplified in an incident of the legend of Tsuwe′năhĭ, q. v.
— from Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney - By [Greek:——] is meant numbers themselves, 4, 20, 50, etc, by [Greek:——] these numbers exemplified, 4 horses, 20 sheep, etc. P 108, 1 14.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle - This truth is exemplified by the most trivial details of national peculiarities.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville - This truth is exemplified by the condition of Mexico at the present time.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville - This latter fact is well exemplified in the state of the wings of female moths belonging to the same family.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin - This latter fact is well exemplified in the state of the wings of the female moths in certain groups.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin - Never was the distinction between charity and mercy better exemplified than in her.
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë - He not only taught forgiveness but He exemplified His teachings in His life.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein
