Example sentences for: allegorical

How can you use “allegorical” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Campbell held that the ancient mythologies and religions are allegorical and that there was no real distinction between gods and goddesses, who were given sexual identity when in human form only to make them more meaningful.

  • The left wall is allegorical, devoted to the bankers’ widely acknowledged virtues, Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, and Temperance, while religious themes invoke their piety on the other walls.

  • Read this allegorical passage by the newly re-elected House majority leader, then answer the questions below.

  • Look out for Veronese’s Rape of Europa and Tintoretto’s Bacchus and Ariadne and Vulcan’s Forge in the Anticollegio; a masterly allegorical series by Veronese glorifying Venice in the Sala del Collegio, where foreign ambassadors were received; and weapons and suits of armor in the Armory (Sala d’Armi).

  • Also, no New Yorker correspondent would include details of clothing unless it were to make some larger, allegorical point about the subject.


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