Example sentences for: thematic

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

  • And the expression gone with the wind antedated Margaret Mitchell's book--indeed, she so named the book because of the cliché, not the other way round; a cursory check of my Bloomsbury Thematic Dictionary of Quotations (1988--nudge!

  • There is almost never a single subject in the frame, and as soon as the eye picks out a face or an object as the thematic center of the composition, another face, or another object, suddenly displaces it, and the center moves off someplace else.

  • I know, I know: there is a thematic guide in the forematter and the two types of cross references at the ends of the entries are extremely helpful; also, to have added an Index would have run up the price of the book by another 25 per cent (or whatever).

  • The thematic categories, TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SAILOR, RICHMAN, POORMAN, BEGGARMAN, THIEF, with AT HOME, AT SCHOOL, and AT PLAY added to allow for entries not otherwise classifiable, I find a bit too whimsical, especially when one finds Farmers, Farm Animals, and associated subcategories listed under RICHMAN, while those who tend them appear under POORMAN; the impression is that the author is subtly trying to pass on some sort of cynical message.

  • There are specialized strategies for making these comparisons-namely, pattern matching, explanation building, and thematic review.


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