Example sentences for: symbolism

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

  • The symbolism of power conveyed by horns and horn-related Hebrew (and other Semitic) words as portrayed on the aforementioned coins (or some others, which might have used the same imagery but which are no longer extant) may well have led St. Jerome to his translation.

  • --No fancy symbolism, no easy irony, no dime-store Freud, just straightforward gun underwear.

  • Freighted with such symbolism, the odyssey cannot help but amount to something .

  • Much like Aesop's fables, these theological works are said to use myth, imagery, and symbolism to instruct readers how to lead a good life.

  • Railroads provide the happy erotic metaphor of the train going into the tunnel; air travel offers the grim symbolism of "crash and burn."


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