EPITOME in a Sentence

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1. The divisions we see in this school are the epitome of those occurring throughout the whole country.
2. He hated Ellen O'Hara above anyone else, for she was the epitome of all that he hated in Southerners.

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 Meanings and Examples of EPITOME
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
epitome
 n.  representative or perfect example of a class or type; brief summary, as of a book or article
Classic Sentence:
1  He hated Ellen O'Hara above anyone else, for she was the epitome of all that he hated in Southerners.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
2  Mr. Harthouse professed himself in the highest degree instructed and refreshed, by this condensed epitome of the whole Coketown question.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
Example Sentence:
1  Singing "I am the very model of a modern Major-General," in The Pirates of Penzance, Major-General Stanley proclaimed himself the epitome of an officer and a gentleman.
2  The divisions we see in this school are the epitome of those occurring throughout the whole country.