Personification Examples

The sun smiled down on us.

Gives the sun a human facial expression to show warmth and happiness.

The flowers danced in the wind.

Gives flowers the human action of dancing to show movement.

The stars winked at me.

Gives stars a playful human gesture to describe twinkling.

The wind whispered through the trees.

Gives wind the human ability to whisper, showing a soft sound.

My teddy bear hugged me back.

Gives a stuffed toy the human action of hugging.

The leaves waved goodbye.

Gives leaves a human farewell gesture as they blow in the wind.

The thunder grumbled in the sky.

Gives thunder a grumpy human sound to describe its rumble.

The cookies called my name.

Gives cookies the human ability to speak, showing temptation.

The moon watched over us at night.

Gives the moon the human action of watching protectively.

My alarm clock yelled at me to wake up.

Gives the alarm clock a human voice to describe its loud sound.

The car coughed and sputtered.

Gives the car human sounds to show it’s not working well.

The rain tapped on the window.

Gives rain the human action of tapping, like knocking politely.

The ancient oak tree groaned in the storm.

Gives the tree a human sound of strain or discomfort.

Fear crept up behind her.

Gives fear the human ability to sneak and move like a person.

The old house moaned and creaked.

Gives the house human sounds to create a spooky atmosphere.

The fire hungrily devoured the forest.

Gives fire the human quality of hunger and the action of eating greedily.

Time waits for no one.

Gives time the human ability to wait (or refuse to wait).

The camera loves her.

Gives the camera the human emotion of love, meaning she photographs well.

Lightning danced across the sky.

Gives lightning the human action of dancing to show erratic movement.

The waves kissed the shore.

Gives waves the gentle human action of kissing.

My computer decided to crash during my presentation.

Gives the computer human decision-making ability.

The road stretched lazily into the distance.

Gives the road the human quality of being lazy.

Opportunity knocked on my door.

Gives the abstract idea of opportunity a human action.

The shadows crept across the floor.

Gives shadows the human action of creeping to create suspense.

The city never sleeps.

Gives a city the human need for sleep (which it doesn’t take).

The wind howled through the night.

Gives wind the human (or animal) sound of howling.

My stomach growled with hunger.

Gives the stomach an animal-like growl to express hunger.

Justice is blind.

Gives justice the human quality of blindness, meaning it treats everyone equally.

Death knocked at his door.

Gives death the human action of arriving like a visitor.

Silence crept into the room.

Gives silence the human action of sneaking or moving quietly.

Jealousy reared its ugly head.

Gives jealousy a physical presence like a creature emerging.

The memory haunted her for years.

Gives a memory the supernatural human action of haunting.

Grief wrapped its arms around him.

Gives grief the human action of embracing, showing its overwhelming presence.

The economy stumbled through the recession.

Gives the economy the human action of struggling to walk.

History repeated itself.

Gives history the human ability to perform the same actions again.

The news raced through town.

Gives news the human action of running quickly.

War devours everything in its path.

Gives war the violent human action of eating destructively.

Her conscience whispered warnings she couldn’t ignore.

Gives conscience a human voice that speaks quietly but persistently.

The truth refused to stay hidden.

Gives truth the human ability to refuse and make decisions.

The blank page mocked his writer’s block.

Gives a page the human action of teasing or ridiculing.

Pride goes before a fall.

Gives pride the human ability to walk ahead of consequences.

The mountains stood as silent witnesses to centuries of change.

Gives mountains the human role of watching events unfold.