Example sentences for: symbolically

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

  • Perhaps this is a tug of war where the rope is, symbolically, dental floss.

  • In an age when Ronald Reagan has slipped into the haze of Alzheimer's disease, when Susan Faludi writes movingly of males clinging to stereotypical notions of machismo as they're laid off their factory jobs and symbolically robbed of potency, it can put a lump in your throat to watch Schickel building--like the hero in Field of Dreams --a shrine to the Dad whom so many elements of the culture have come to undervalue.

  • More noteworthy, some had reinforced their statements with, on the one hand, such key words as significantly, symbolically , and thankfully , or, on the other hand, such indispensables as unfortunately, unhappily , and alas . Most significantly, it should be noted, many had gone so far as to advance statements in the form of a premise or a given, e.g., it need hardly be stated, obviously , and of course of course .

  • 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.

  • The movie is psychologically thin, artistically flabby, and symbolically opaque.


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