allegorize
Example Sentences
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There are plenty of obvious ways a 21st-century novelist could allegorize a story like Brinkley’s.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2013
He was a theater experimenter, a provider of vivid, cacophonous stage tableaus, incorporating ballads, verse and mime within demanding scripts that often used historical settings to dramatize, allude to or allegorize timeless issues.
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2012
Partly this was because Tillstrom was able to allegorize some grown-up themes.
From New York Times • May 6, 2011
She has said these songs allegorize intensely personal moments in her life.
From Slate • Mar. 1, 2010
To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
