Words similar to metaphoric

Example sentences for: metaphoric

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

What is more, it can be witty, picturesque, metaphoric.
(This is not the place to enter the discussion between the dictionary splitters `definers who write a definition for almost every citation' and the combiners `definers who tend to write “basic” definitions and rely on the ability of users to divine metaphoric extensions for themselves.
8. Coffin nail is a later allusion to `cigarette': in its earlier metaphoric life it referred to anything that might serve to drive one to an early grave; indeed, some early Western saloons sold tokens bearing the words “coffin nail” stamped on them which were good for a shot of redeye.
However unfortunate purists might view that fact to be, at least if the entries are listed separately, at some graphic remove from the entry for chain , their physical distance would make their semantic, metaphoric distance more understandable.
Idioms in other languages can be misleading, for there are many different and often colourful metaphoric ways of expressing the same concept.