anthropomorphize

That seemed like a nod to me, but I might have been anthropomorphizing.

He had begun to anthropomorphize the little things a bit, to think of them as his troops.

You may have anthropomorphized your first dog's behavior, but the truth is a dog can never be human.

Now, when it comes to insects, we anthropomorphize to kill.

Giving a storm a name does not necessarily mean anthropomorphizing it.

Best thing about robots: I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines.

I understand the reluctance to anthropomorphize without any scientific basis.

"I may be anthropomorphizing here, but dogs need dog involvement."

Am I anthropomorphizing to wonder if she mourns in some way?

Do not be overly quick to accuse me of anthropomorphizing.

"It's a very stubborn wall, if I may anthropomorphize it."

She has a "tendency to anthropomorphize not just her objects but the studio itself."

Once the characters were set, the animators had to figure out how to anthropomorphize them.

Goats are usually anthropomorphized as old men with a goatee.

Nevertheless, people have always anthropomorphized the creatures around them, particularly the animals they liked.

If we're going to anthropomorphize pandas, let's be realistic about it.

More often than not, the artists anthropomorphize their materials.

He can complain, for instance, about an author who tended to "anthropomorphize children."

I reminded myself that I had to stop anthropomorphizing him.

"People cause trouble," he said, refusing to be sentimental about the river or to anthropomorphize it.

It should be clear that anthropomorphizing animals in documentaries like these is no longer forbidden.

But when he accuses humans of anthropomorphizing, I have to chuckle.

It's hard not to anthropomorphize these giants in an otherwise lunar landscape.

This is the kind of anthropomorphizing some of us are wont to do in the country.

Anthropomorphizing the land is a literary chestnut, but here it feels authentic.