Words similar to figurative

Example sentences for: figurative

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

Figurative accuracy seems to have gone to the hogs; is figurative language itself on the decline?
Since people rarely bother to think about the meaning behind a figurative expression, anything that sounds right will foot the bill.
For example, a single Georgia informant used fatpoke meaning a `fat person,' which one might reasonably guess derives from analogy with slowpoke , or it may also be an r -less pronunciation and figurative use of fat pork , a dialect name for `fat back' or `salt pork.
What's especially interesting about this is that British Airways is in the midst of a well-publicized slimming down (figurative and literal, since BA is going to be flying smaller planes) that's designed to make high-end customers a larger percentage of the airline's business.
Rothko's journey into literal and figurative darkness left behind a shimmering trail of canvases that mark for many people the high-water mark of spiritual beauty and emotion in modern art.