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Example sentences for: literal

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

Surely it cannot appear as a label, since the phrase, which is literal, hence not an entry, is a description of a military punishment.
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.
Although “Yellow Mountain” is the literal translation of Huangshan (which is not one mountain but a range of dozens of peaks), yellow is not the color that first comes to mind when describing this romantic site that has been the subject of Chinese poetry and painting for centuries.
Also, it is important to note that the categories describe the literal content of the metaphor, not the metaphoric aspect.
Perhaps Dr. Ober, too, if I might venture a criticism at this point, has edged beyond the critical angle of irony, cutting it too fine in his approach and thereby risking a literal reading.