concrete illustration
Example Sentences
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If she needed a concrete illustration she could point to the Tyrolese.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) by William Milligan Sloane
The abstract truth gets the concrete illustration; the concrete illustration finds its proper foundation in a series of abstract inquiries.
From On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
I turn to this as a further concrete illustration in order to characterize at once the lengths to which such vocational studies may advance.
From Psychology and Industrial Efficiency by Hugo Münsterberg
"What's that to me?" she commented, with the air of one affording a concrete illustration.
From The Inheritors by Joseph Conrad
She paused, seeking a concrete illustration that would touch me.
From The Inheritors by Joseph Conrad
