Example sentences for: metaphorical

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

  • ( The Truman Show took a higher, more metaphorical route; in EdTV , liberation comes down to exposing the fact that Dad has a penile implant.)

  • The way CB expressions run along metaphorical pathways is reminiscent of pelting speech.

  • 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.

  • Lest the coverage completely disappear into the metaphorical, in his WP column, George Will cites some of Joe D's stunning stats.

  • , and fails to explain what is metaphorical about She is ailing . Third--though here we might not be dealing with Ayto's decision as much as the publisher's--it is simply not convenient to have a dictionary of etymology that excludes all bound prefixes and suffixes, though these are glossed, as required, when they are part of an entry.


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