Words similar to metaphors

Example sentences for: metaphors

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

The group's military culture plays into this indictment, as do Coach McCartney's hideous sports metaphors.
Wiltshire makes full use of Johnson's own writing, especially the essays in The Rambler and The Idler , to analyze Johnson's frequent, almost habitual use of medical ideas as metaphors.
Original animal metaphors are all but obliterated in words that have no reference to animals.
And the actors constitute a royal flush--OK, OK, enough with the poker metaphors.
Reference to the designated section in Appendix A reveals a brief discussion of the subject of sex-linked metaphors which quite correctly points out that many common metaphors, metonyms, and allusions refer to males— Achilles' heel, before you can say Jack Robinson, Bluebeard, David and Goliath , and many more.