Words similar to metaphorical

Example sentences for: metaphorical

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

But the plots have evolved to an abstract level--a kind of metaphorical mist--and Scarpetta has acquired two archenemies: Temple Gault, an evil-genius, white-trash skinhead, and his accomplice, an attractive young psychopath named Carrie Grethen.
Surely the nickname has stuck not only because of the metaphorical associations with librarians burrowing for answers, but also because the name sounds cute, personalizing what otherwise might seem to be the overly mechanical activity of finding answers to reference questions.
L 1 in the literal sense; without metaphor or exaggeration 2 with exact equivalence; verbatim < follow the instructions ˜ > 3 — used to intensify a metaphorical or hyperbolic expression < she was ˜ — tearing her hair out >; disapproved of by some speakers
This same egalitarianism fuels the feeling that the Secret Service shouldn't serve, in the mot du jour , as the president's "Praetorian Guard"--that it shouldn't take metaphorical bullets to protect his dalliances.
But my main object in choosing the passage was to illustrate the way in which Shakespeare could move from the literal to the metaphorical or metaphysical in his use of a legal term.