Sentence example with the word 'metaphorical'

metaphorical

allegoric, definable, emblematic, figurative, ideographic, intelligible, naming, readable, significant, symbological

Definition adj. expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another

Last update: July 27, 2015


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He criticizes very severely the habitual use of metaphorical language in describing mental operations.   [Please select]

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'First, a leeteral trumpet; second, a heestorical trumpet; third, a metaphorical trumpet; fourth, a speeritual trumpet.'   [Please select]

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The cabman observed a twinkle in the boy's eye; saw through him; in a metaphorical sense, and treated him with silent contempt.   [Please select]

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--would cease to be metaphorical, and would have a plain signification.   [Please select]

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(The words _swept_ and _breezy_ are somewhat metaphorical, though their frequent use in this manner makes the meaning almost literal.)   [Please select]

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"Hang" was merely a metaphorical word, as they fitted it into place instead.   [Please select]

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