Example sentences for: literal

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

  • For those who enjoy the literal form of art, paintings and prints of windmills or canal houses can be found all across the city.

  • No one has to pay the long-term costs of overclassifying information, though these costs-even in literal financial terms- are substantial.

  • Denouncing waywardness among the faithful, some clerics have appealed for a return to observance of the literal teachings of the Qur'an and Hadith.

  • Meanwhile, Stoll's book has accelerated debate among anthropologists and literary scholars over the reliability of individual testimony and the proper relationship between autobiographical narrative and literal truth.

  • Expressions like the Tamil Then-nilavu , which is a literal translation of `honey' and `moon' and means `honeymoon,' have also resulted.


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