Words similar to metaphor

Example sentences for: metaphor

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

Amplified products were sized by electrophoresis on 3% Metaphor or 4% agarose gels such that the 8-bp increase of each additional repeat unit was identified by comparison with a 25-bp mass ladder.
Also, it is important to note that the categories describe the literal content of the metaphor, not the metaphoric aspect.
Cassidy offered an intriguing explanation: the metaphor probably originated in Caribbean folklore, which has it that sea turtles (the referent for caouane in standard French dictionaries) copulate for a hundred days at a time.
"The Lexus and olive tree [are] wrestling with each other in the new system of globalization," as he puts it, energetically compounding his metaphor.
The metaphor of the pulpit suggests not reading but oral and visual contact between the preacher and his flock.