Example sentences for: metaphorically

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

  • Likewise, it is indisputable that many nautical expressions have come ashore to be used metaphorically by landlubbers.

  • I wish I could come through for you in the metaphor department, but I am feeling metaphorically challenged today.

  • To lip-sync is to move one's lips in synchronization with a prerecorded sound--and, metaphorically, to mouth someone else's sentiments.

  • Metaphorically.

  • McCain has since backed away grudgingly from that allegation ("I was speaking metaphorically," he says), but his aides have kept it alive by publicly urging the Bush campaign to make sure its agents aren't spreading the rumors.


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