synecdoche
Example Sentences
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The situation was a perfect synecdoche for Hegseth’s self-inflicted Sispyphean task of trying to be a big man.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026
But it lured two million fair visitors, and, as we see, inspired children’s toys and books, before becoming a synecdoche for Paris itself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
In Mangold’s hands, parts become wholes and the exhibition a master class in synecdoche: the tree is the forest; the painter a human representative negotiating with the natural world.
From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023
In Darlington’s Devon neighborhood, the synecdoche for global habitat destruction is the arrival of a sign in a soon-to-be-former farm field: “Site Acquired for Development.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2023
But what had they to do either with a metaphor or a synecdoche when the text may bear the proper sense?
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
