Example sentences for: emblem

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

  • It has splendid marble paving and, etched in the wall of one of the smaller rooms, a controversial cross regarded by some as one of the oldest Christian relics, though others insist the emblem was not adopted until the conversion of Constantine three centuries later.

  • For some Chicanos machismo is an emblem that symbolizes resistance to social and historical control.

  • Father Hidalgo, during the Mexican War of Independence; Emiliano Zapata, during the Mexican Revolution; and César Chávez, during his battle for farmworkers’ rights against California agribusiness, all carried the emblem of La Virgen de Guadalupe.

  • The fake photo is the latest emblem of a year when consultants have become more notorious than famous, more Dick Morris than James Carville.

  • To be sure that any needlework item is the genuine article (as opposed to an inferior import or machine-made piece), look for a lead seal with an “M,” the emblem of IBTAM — meaning it’s been certified by the Instituto de Bordado, Tapeçaras e Arte­sanato da Madeira (Institute of Madeiran Embroidery, Tapestry, and Handicrafts), an official island organization that has a showroom/museum on Rua Visconde de Anadia, 44.


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