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:

But in a more metaphoric way they do rather underscore the huge, almost compulsive appeal of English in the world.
The coverage is uneven: sop to Cerberus is in, but not Pegasus (even though it is not couched in a metaphoric phrase that I can think of).
The canopy used as an elegant covering over a modern bed, then, is a metaphoric net to keep the lowly mosquito at a distance.
Another inconsistency is to be found in the process of knockout , the boxing term and later the metaphoric term referring to anything that amazes or shocks.
Some have experiential reference for some people but are obscurely metaphoric for others, like catbird seat vantage point, which is often treated as arcane but which is meaningful to anyone who has seen the way a catbird alights on a tree branch from where the surrounding territory can be surveyed for provender or predators.