Example sentences for: symbolically

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

  • Pundits agreed that materially the ruling is just a slap on the wrist (and therefore Clinton won't appeal it) but that symbolically it's a huge blow to his legacy, since he's the first president to be held in contempt of court.

  • In her pathology of rumor in African-American culture, I Heard It Through the Grapevine , Patricia A. Turner suggests that symbolically potent products like athletic gear and flashy clothes--products that tote high price tags but are of dubious utility--invite hostile theorizing.

  • I'm leaving number ten symbolically blank, because I couldn't decide among so many terrific films.

  • This diagnosis, which describes the delayed aftereffects of extremely unpleasant experiences, made it into the DSM-III as a result of lobbying by Vietnam veterans who wanted their continued suffering symbolically and financially recognized.

  • The life-sized (and slightly larger) infantrymen, archers, officers, and their horses symbolically guard the tomb of the first Qin emperor.


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